Making Mobile Work in Your Library

Making mobile work
in you library

VERIZON 31.1%AT&T 25.2%SPRINT 12.0%T-MOBILE 12.0%
April 2010 comScore

Cellular Networks

Global System forMobile Communication
GSM

Code DivisionMultiple Access
CDMA

Data Networks

First GenerationMobile Technology
1G

Analog
1G

Second GenerationMobile Technology
2G

Digital
2G

Enhanced Data Ratesfor GSM Evolution
EDGE

Third GenerationMobile Technology
3G

Simultaneous Voice andData Transmissions
3G

Fourth GenerationMobile Technology
4G

Faster, Higher, Stronger…
4G

Platforms

RIM BlackBerry 35%
Apple iPhone28%
MS Windows Mobile 19%
Android OS 9%
Palm OS 4%
Linux 3%Symbian2%
Q1 2010 Nielsen

RIM BlackBerry -2%
Apple iPhone+2%
MS Windows Mobile -2%
Android OS +2%
Palm OS
LinuxSymbian
Q1 2010 Nielsen

Windows Marketplace for Mobile
1,400 apps

BlackBerry App World
7,400 apps

Palm App Catalog
8,000 apps

Android Marketplace
70,000 apps

iPhone App Store
300,000 apps

Mobile App Lingo

Native App
Programmed to run nativelyon a mobile platform

Native App
What you download from an app store

Native App
Has an icon you tapto start the app

Web App
Programmed to run in a mobile browser

Web App
Website with a URL

WestlawNext
has a native appfor the iPad

WestlawNext
has a web appfor everything else

SMS/Push Notifications
Pop-up alerts onspecified events

SMS
Short Message Service

SMS
Text Messaging

Push Notifications
Alert from a native appon your phone

Google Calendar
Option to send SMSreminders of events

Google Native App
Option to send Pushreminders of events

Camera
Can use phone’s built-incamera in a native app

Camera
RedLaser barcodescanner

Location Services
Access user’s locationvia built-in GPS

Location Services
OpenTable

Software Development Kit
SDK

Development tools for buildingsoftware for a platform

iPhone SDK

Android SDK

Developing a Native App

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iPhone App Store
Only option to distributenative iPhone apps

iPhone App Store
Content Restrictions

iPhone App Store
Code Restrictions

iPhone App Store
Cannot duplicate coreOS functionality

iPhone App Store
Must be approvedby Apple

Android Marketplace
One option to distributenative Android apps

Android Marketplace
Similar but generallyless restrictive guidelines

Android Marketplace
If app doesn’t meet guidelines,you can still self-distribute

Android Marketplace
Verizon and Amazon planningAndroid app stores

Web Apps

Web App Development
Web Development

Web App Development
HTML

Web App Development
CSS

Web App Development
Javascript

Web App Development
Some Limitations

Web App Development
No Adobe Flashon the iPhone

Web App Development
No Flash-basedvideo players

Web App Development
HTML5 video asalternative to Flash

Web App Development
Single column layoutworks best

Web App Development
Develop oncefor all platforms

Web App Development
Limited by HTML,CSS and Javascript

Web App Development
and, well, it’s not an app

Yale Law Library Catalog
morris.law.yale.edu

Yale Law Library Catalog
mobilemorris.law.yale.edu

Yale Law Library
www.law.yale.edu/library

Mobile Site URL
Device-detection

Mobile Site URL
Redirect mobile users

Content Management System
May include mobile tools(“themes,” device detection)

Drupal

WordPress

Outsourcing?

Right?
You understood all of that

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