MY MOBILE EXPERIMENT

Overview Mobile technology Web services Power of combination Das experiment Conclusion

Mobile technology

Web services

Power of combination

Das experiment

Conclusion

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY 1.

Mobile Interaction with user? SMS / MMS ( MAIL ) Gateway f.e. 3030, plazZza , ... often with wap push Pros simple, push, adaptation people & tech Cons limited possibilities, expensive to get shortcode (hitcode plazZza), expensive for user, not easy to use if you provide an extensive feature set.

SMS / MMS ( MAIL ) Gateway f.e. 3030, plazZza , ... often with wap push Pros simple, push, adaptation people & tech Cons limited possibilities, expensive to get shortcode (hitcode plazZza), expensive for user, not easy to use if you provide an extensive feature set.

Mobile Interaction with user? 2. Mobile website f.e. www.flickr.com/mob , http://www.google.com/xhtml Pros simple & cheap to develop, all new phones have browser, standard Cons configuration phone, screensize?, type in URL, usability (can’t fully rely on controls), Thin client , No Push

Mobile Interaction with user? 3. Mobile Application f.e. Gmail client, ShoZu, Lifeblogger Pros use phone controls (camera – calerdar - ...), push, easy access, fast, thick client , extensible Cons configuration phone, screensize?, type in URL, usability (can’t fully rely on controls), Thin client , No Push, development

WEB SERVICES 2.

What is a web service? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What is a web service? Examples: Facebook http://www.pickdee.com/facebook/ Flickr - retrievr Amazon - smugsmug ...

Examples:

Facebook http://www.pickdee.com/facebook/

Flickr - retrievr

Amazon - smugsmug

...

POWER OF 3. COMBINATION

Opportunity A lot of free services on the web Use existing web services in your own project Focus on your core business My project used several different services together: wordpress – google maps – flickr – zonetag – youtube – blip.tv – mobyexplorer – eyespot Fast & Simple development

A lot of free services on the web

Use existing web services in your own project

Focus on your core business

My project used several different services together: wordpress – google maps – flickr – zonetag – youtube – blip.tv – mobyexplorer – eyespot

Fast & Simple development

DAS 4. EXPERIMENT

5. CONCLUSION

What did I (& i-merge) learn? Extremely fast development if you use existing services Mobile technology is getting ready for real interaction with the user. Photo, video, location-based Geotagging is going to be fun to do campagnes with. The possibilities are endless. Roaming, data-traffic is extremely expensive. In the future everyone can be a journalist

Extremely fast development if you use existing services

Mobile technology is getting ready for real interaction with the user. Photo, video, location-based

Geotagging is going to be fun to do campagnes with. The possibilities are endless.

Roaming, data-traffic is extremely expensive.

In the future everyone can be a journalist

Creative Commons photos used http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankaj/271297262/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/80004233/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/limemintcooler/235934966/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/graylight/261480919/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/naveenjamal/148060256/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/197768962/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pankaj/271297262/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/80004233/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/limemintcooler/235934966/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/graylight/261480919/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/naveenjamal/148060256/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/197768962/