EECS 498 Smart Phone App Presentation By Emeric Bechi

Problem: – Too much time spent in exchanging contact information Solution: – Makes exchanging information fast, easy and secure Bump App

Stats about Bump Over 3M downloads one of the top five free apps David Lieb, Andy Huibers, and Jake Mintz All three are engineers October of 2008 Lots of publicity ( 1 Billionth iPhone App downloaded )

Good and Bad Good – Fast (less than 10 sec for information exchange) – Convenient: 3G, EDGE, Wi-Fi – Flexibility (Select info needed from home screen) Bad – Security (wireless network is not secure) – Need Location service enabled to use bump – Limited to the i-phone – Limited to Contact info

Secret Sauce Business Model and Future Secret Sauce – First on the Market – Intuitive (the use of fist to exchange number) – No competition Business Model – F-R-E-E of charge Next Step – Develop Bump for other Smart phones (Android) – Get more Language available – Transfer photos and multiple business cards

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