Want to view the full recording? http://vimeo.com/14078471 Mobile Outlook 2010 – Where Are We? August 11, 2010 – 11:10 a.m. We are currently experiencing what will probably be the largest technological shift since the introduction of the internet onto our campuses for widespread use. Powerful mobile devices are expected to increase at a tremendous rate at universities and elsewhere in the world over the next few years to the point that many activities now done via a desktop machine will be enabled on hand-held devices. This holds great promise but also much uncertainty – so where are we now?

1. MOBILE OUTLOOK 2010
WHERE ARE WE?
presented by
Joseph Labrecque
Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference - Boulder, CO
August 12 th, 2010

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3. Joseph Labrecque
Flash Platform Developer
Multidisciplinary Digital Artist
Adobe Education Leader
• University of Denver
 Senior Multimedia Application Developer
 Center for Teaching and Learning
• Fractured Vision Media, LLC
• An Early Morning Letter, Displaced
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4. About the University of Denver
• The oldest and largest private university in the
Rocky Mountain region, the University of Denver
attracts thought-leaders who are committed to
academic rigor, community engagement and global
responsibility. In this active, intellectual
environment, you'll discover unbounded
opportunities to affect change in our growing
global society.
• We enroll approximately 11,600 students in our
undergraduate and graduate programs.
• The Carnegie Foundation classifies DU as a
Doctoral/Research University with high research
activity.
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5. About the DU Center for Teaching & Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers
a variety of faculty development opportunities
including workshops and seminars, grant funding
for faculty-initiated projects, and support and
development of technological applications that
advance teaching and learning goals.
Two Units:
• Teaching and Learning Support
• Grants and Teaching Support
• Application and Services Support
• Research and Development
• Application Development
(ColdFusion, Flash, Flex, AIR, Java, PHP)
• Technology Advisement and Forecasting
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6. Mobile Outlook 2010?
Mobile is basically anything device can carry around
with you! Many believe this is the future of general
computing.
During this session, we will be discussing a number of
things.
• Different forms that mobile computing takes
• Mobile platforms
• The Mobile Web
• App Stores and Markets
• Problems with Fruit
• DU and Mobile
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7. Form Factors? Devices?
• Phones
• We are still calling them phones???
• iPhone and Android devices
• Also traditional cell phones
• Tablets
• Emerging market
• iPad is the first of many
• Bunch of Android devices coming soon
• Netbooks
• Ultra-portable (underpowered) laptops
• Laptops
• The mobile standard for years!
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8. This is Uncharted Territory!
Everyone is guessing at this point.
Plenty of forecasting.
Lots of new, emerging stuff.
Lots of OPINIONS and UNKNOWNS!!!
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9. Let’s talk mobile platforms
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10. Platforms
• RIM BlackBerry OS
• Apple iPhone OS
• Google Android OS
• Microsoft Windows Mobile
• Linux
• Symbian OS
• Palm OS
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11. Mobile and the Web
m. Subdomain Websites
• Generally made for older phones
• Super-basic version of the website content
• Basically a big list
Phone Formatting
• Phone Browser overrides the text width
• Sometimes removes images
Custom CSS
• Website has a mobile CSS for phones
• Probably the best solution for a while
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12. App Stores and Markets
• Popularized and pioneered by Apple for the
iPhone.
• Adopted by Google Android and others.
• Makes it convenient to just grab apps with
little hassle.
• Must be written for each and every platform.
• As a result- not all apps are on all device
platforms.
• This is BAD. Very few have the time, money,
and people necessary to do this.
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13. Let’s talk mobile development
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14. Native Development
Apple iDevices
• Apps written in Objective-C (1986)
• Vastly different from many other languages
• iPhone SDK (Apple Proprietary)
• Many tools are Apple-only
Google Android
• Apps written in Java (1995)
• Shares many similarities with C#, ActionScript,
and other languages
• Android SDK (Open Source)
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15. Packager for iPhone - Problems with Fruit
• Adobe announces Packager for iPhone in late
2009 to allow Flash developers to compile
their code to native and distribute through the
App Store just like any normal app.
• Days before CS5 launches, Apple changes their
developer agreement to exclude all apps
written using “intermediate layers” – This
includes Flash, Lua, Unity, C#; anything that is
not Objective-C
• This is a problem.
• Adobe refocus on AIR for Mobile, specifically
AIR for Android but other platforms will
follow.
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16. AIR for Android
• Super-private prerelease earlier this year – later
opened wide to a much larger prerelease program.
• If the user downloads an APK from the market and
does not have the runtime, AIR will be seamlessly
installed the first time they grab an AIR for Android
app.
• Cost is minimal. Flash and Flex developers can
leverage the skills they already have and distribute
their apps across platforms and devices easily.
• Mobile Flex Framework “Slider” is no more.
• Flex 4.5 “Hero” will include specifics for mobile
applications – specifically to deal with resolution
differences across devices and touch interactions.
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17. What is DU doing about Mobile?
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18. DU and Mobile
• Experiments with Adobe AIR for Android
• CourseMedia™ StudyShufffer
• Adobe AIR + Flash Player will be on Android,
BlackBerry, Symbian OS, Palm/HP, Windows Mobile…
• Farthest reach – write once, run *almost* everywhere
• Apple iDevices remain a problem
• Apple iDevices remain a BIG problem!
http://www.openscreenproject.org/
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19. Experiment #1 – SketchNSave
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20. Experiment #2 – StudyShuffler
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21. What about Flash Player on Android?
Works pretty well!
• Near parity with the desktop 10.1
• Anything CPU/GPU-intensive will tax
any battery; Flash or no Flash.
• Have not noticed any battery drain on
normal usage.
• Even streams video at 1x connection!
However…
• Desktop controls often tiny, tiny…
• Developers can optimize apps for
mobile in many ways.
• New ways to think about UI on
ANY platform – not just Flash.
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22. The future?
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23. Mobile Forecasting
Platform Market Share Changes?
• Android on the rise!
• Expanding options!
• iPhone steady
• Traditional platforms reduction
• Windows Mobile 7
Will iDevices Open Up?
• Maybe.
Where are all the Tablets?
• iPad is leading the way
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24. Closing…
Blog: http://inflagrantedelicto.memoryspiral.com/
Twitter: @JosephLabrecque
Email: Joseph.Labrecque@du.edu
Thank you…
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