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Mobile Software Development

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About

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Mobile Revolution

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Phones

417,000,000 devices sold in 3rdQuarter 2010

Smartphones 19.3%

src: Gartner

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Feature Phones vs Smart Phones

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SmartPhone PlatformsSymbian

Google (Android)

Apple (iOS)

RIM (Blackberry)

Windows Phone

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SmartPhone Platforms3Q-09 3Q-10

Symbian 44.6% 36.6%

Google (Android) 3.5% 25.5%

Apple (iOS) 17.1% 16.7%

RIM (Blackberry) 20.7% 14.8%

Windows 7.9% 2.8%

src: Gartner

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Mobile Content UsageBrowsed 35.3%

Downloaded Apps 33.4%

Social N/W – Blog 23.5%

Games 22.6%

src: comScoreUS Figures - Nov 2010

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Develop With

Java Objective C

Cross-Platform

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Java Mobile

Java ME Android

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RIA Platforms

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Browser Based Or Native?

HTML5

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Tablets

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Application Stores* Apple 300,000 apps * Android 130,000* Nokia 25,000 * BlackBerry 18,000

Game: Non-Game:

Free apps downloads 10x of paid apps

Src: Distimo

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Enterprise & Biz Mobile Apps

Early Days

Indian Cos Likely To Be More Active in this space

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Mobile Software Quality

Slow, Often Crude & Unreliable

Rapidly Moving Technology

Little Collaboration Or Standardization

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Student / Career Perspective

Must-Have Skill In The Near Future

Get In Early, Differentiate

Play with the tech

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Mobile Apps development to surpass apps development on other platforms over next 5 years?Yes - 55%

Software Development area most in demand?Mobile tops with 40.5%

src: IBM DeveloperWorks Survey Oct 2010

Survey

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