1. Get Me a Mobile Strategy
or You’re Fired!
Jason Grigsby
Slides: slideshare.com/grigs
@grigs • jason@cloudfour.com
cloudfour.com • mobileportand.com

3. We’ve been here before...

4. and it wasn’t pretty.

5. Mobile is Disruptive Technology
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7. Opera Mini Traffic Increases
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11. The Gold Rush is On!

12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/76074333@N00/317952268/ |
http://futuristmovie.com Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0

18. DON’Ts
#1 Don’t Assume Customers
Have Downloaded Your App

23. DON’Ts
#2 Don’t Rely on Flash

24. Plants vs. Zombies

27. DON’Ts
#3 Don’t Make Finding Store
Locations & Hours Difficult

39. Do as We Say, Not as We do.
http://www.mac-wallpapers.com/Apple-Wallpapers/white-apple-logo-wallpaper/

40. DON’Ts
#4 Simple to Use Does Not
Mean Dumb

41. Don’t Skip Core Functionality
How Do I Add an RSS Feed to My RSS Reader?

42. 1024 x 768: Still No Way to Add RSS

43. Why Can’t You Subscribe to Podcasts in iTunes?

44. Digital Hub Strategy Sucks
Mobile is Primary Experience

45. Shake the App to Find a Random Gift?
Source: http://www.getelastic.com/mobile-app-dos-donts/

46. DON’Ts
#5 Don’t forget that the ‘U’ in
URL stands for Universal*
* it actually stands for ‘uniform.’ ah well, close enough. ;-)

47. URLs Should Go to Content, Not Mobile Home

48. Why go to the Desktop Web?

49. Great Mobile Site. Good Luck Finding it.

50. URLs Don’t Open Apps

51. Why can’t I learn about iPad apps on my iPhone?

52. Should the iPad Get Your Mobile Site?

53. Device Detection Must Be
Core Part of Your Mobile Strategy
http://mobiforge.com/designing/story/effective-design-multiple-screen-sizes

54. DOs
#1 Know Your Customers and
What Devices They Use

56. “ Two new devices aimed at defending
the firm's crumbling market share
”
against threats like the Apple iPhone.
http://www.mobile-weblog.com/50226711/rim_releases_two_new_smartphones.php

57. http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlysound/2710970750/ Creative Commons

58. Blackberry Market Share Since iPhone Release
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10
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2007 2008 2009

59. U.S. Smartphone Platforms
Nov-09 Feb-10 Point Change
RIM 40.8% 42.1% 1.3
Apple 25.5% 25.4% -0.1
Microsoft 19.1% 15.1% -4.0
Google 3.8% 9.0% 5.2
Palm 7.2% 5.4% -1.8
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2010/4/
comScore_Reports_February_2010_U.S._Mobile_Subscriber_Market_Share

60. iPhone Only Part of World Wide Market
Symbian RIM iPhone Windows Mobile Linux
Android WebOS
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2009 Smartphone Sales — Thousands of Units
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1306513

61. Android Shipping 60,000 Phones a Day
Androlib: http://bit.ly/chBp1c | RCR Wireless: http://bit.ly/cZaxBk | Mobile Marketing Watch: http://bit.ly/cPCOnA

62. 115 Android Phones Announced or Shipping
Acer beTouch E110 – March HTC Paradise Motorola Morrison – Cliq – DEXT
Acer beTouch E400 – April HTC Magic – Sapphire – T-Mobile myTouch 3G – Motorola Motoroi – Sholes Tablet – XT720
Acer Liquid – A1 Google Ion – Dopod A6188 Motorola MT710
Alcatel OT-980 – May HTC myTouch Slide – MyTouch 2 – Espresso – May Motorola Opus One – Boost Mobile i1
Bluebird Pidion BIP-6000 17th Motorola Sholes – XT701
Chinavision The Robot Superphone – CVNC-M80 HTC Passion – Dragon – Zoom 2 – Nexus One – Motorola Quench – Cliq XT – Zeppelin – XT800
Cool F910 – Apanda A60 GooglePhone Philips V808
Compulab Exeda HTC Predator Philips V900
Dell Aero HTC Scorpion – Late 2010 Qigi i6
Dell Mini 5 – Streak Huawei RBM2 – Der Allrounder – Red Bull Mobile Samsung Beam i8520 – Halo
Dell Ophone mini3i – Benzine Huawei U8220 – U82226 – U8230 – T-Mobile Pulse Samsung Behold 2 T939
Foxda C8901 Huawei U8100 – U8110 – T-Mobile Pulse Mini Samsung Bigfoot
Garmin Nuvifone A50 Huawei U8300 Samsung Galaxy i7500
Geek Phone One Huawei U8800 Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700 – Galaxy Mini – Spica –
General Mobile Brava Inbrics M1 Galaxy Portal
General Mobile Cosmos – March Innocomm Skate Samsung Galaxy S
General Mobile Cosmos 2 – June Kogan Agora Samsung Houdini
General Mobile DSTL1 Koolu Freerunner – Openmoko GTA02 Samsung i899
General Mobile Touch Stone – Late 2010 Kyocera Zio M6000 – July Samsung M100S – SHW-M100S
Gigabyte GSmart Codfish G1305 Lenovo O1 Ophone Samsung Moment – InstinctQ m900
Gigabyte GSmart – S1200 Android Lenovo LeName Samsung Saturn i6500
Haier H7 LG Andro-1 – KH5200 Saygus VPhone V1
HighScreen PP5420 LG GT540 Swift – April Sciphone N12
HighScreen Zeus LG GW620 InTouch Max – Eve – Etna Sciphone N16
Hisense HS-E90 LG GW880 Amundsen Sciphone N17
HKC Pearl LG LU2300 – June Sciphone N19
HTC Bahamas LG Prada 3 – LS680 Sciphone N21
HTC Click – Fiesta – Tattoo Lumigon T1 – May Sony Ericsson Sunny
HTC Desire – Bravo – Incredible – March 26th Lumigon S1 – June Sony Ericsson Susan
HTC Desire 6200 – Verizon Droid Eris Lumigon E1 Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 – Infinity – March
HTC Dragon Motorola Backflip – Motus Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini – Robyn – June
HTC Dream – T-Mobile G1 Motorola Devour A555 – Calgary – February 25th Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini ProJune
HTC Evo – Supersonic – A9292 Motorola Droid – Sholes – Tao – Milestone Sunno S880
HTC Hero – G2 Touch Motorola Heron Tiger G3
HTC Halo Motorola i1 Vibo A688
HTC Huangshan Motorola LaJolla ZiiLABS Zii Trinity
HTC Legend – March 30th Motorola MB511 – Ruth ZTE Blade
HTC Lancaster Motorola MB200 ZTE Smooth
HTC Liberty Motorola MB300 ZTE Racer
HTC Memphis Motorola Mirage – Shadow – Nexus Two
http://www.googleandblog.com/faq-about-google-android/

64. Know Your Demographics
Blackberry has Emerging markets
40% 80%
global enterprise of worldwide
mobile market. MMS traffic.

65. Know Your Geography
Blackberry has Sharp sells
37% 80%
Latin America of its phones in
smartphone market. Japan, leads market.
Most popular phone for youth in Brazil is Blackberry.
Blackberry Messenger is Addictive. Network Effects.
Source: http://bit.ly/dlpGt8

66. What are your customers using?