The document provides an overview of a mobile technology experiment focusing on different methods of mobile user interaction, including SMS/MMS, mobile websites, and applications, highlighting their pros and cons. It emphasizes the power of combining existing web services for fast development and the potential for real user interaction through innovative features like geotagging. The conclusion reflects on the insights gained, including the high costs of data traffic and the increasing accessibility for individuals to create and share content.

1. MY MOBILE EXPERIMENT

2. Overview Mobile technology Web services Power of combination Das experiment Conclusion

3. MOBILE TECHNOLOGY 1.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. WEB SERVICES 2.

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

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

10. POWER OF 3. COMBINATION

11. 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

12. DAS 4. EXPERIMENT

15. 5. CONCLUSION

16. 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

17. 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/