Going Mobile An Introduction to the Mobile Web Mark A. Greenfield

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Mark Greenfield Higher ed web professional, consultant, keynote speaker, futurist, uwebd overlord, lacrosse coach, tennis player, music lover, dog rescuer markgr.com twitter.com/markgr delicious.com/markgr

Some History The Great Convergence Mobile – By The Numbers Getting Started Concluding Thoughts Outline

why broadband mattered

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Some History The Great Convergence Outline

Voice Calls Computer GPS Accelerometer Camera/microphone/speakers Your mobile phone is not a phone!!!

A broad range of services that are based on (or enhanced by) information about the physical location of a user and/or device. Location Based Services

The layering of information over a view or representation of the normal world, offering users the ability to access placed-based information in ways that are compelling intuitive. Augmented Reality

Web 3.0 – The Internet of Things Everyware

Some History The Great Convergence Mobile – By The Numbers Outline

Carnac the Magnificent

The number of mobile phones sold last year 1.37 Billion

The number of mobile phones subscription world-wide 5.2 Billion

The percentage of people who will access the Internet from a mobile device by (It’s already 75% in Japan) 80%

The number of times the average person checks their mobile phone per day 150

Percentage of all banking accounts in Kenya are mobile phone banking accounts 49%

Percentage of teens in the U.S. can send a text message blindfolded. (They can type faster on a phone than a QUERTY keyboard) 42%

Text Messaging – 68% Voice (mobile call) – 9.2% Facebook – 8.8% Instant Messaging – 2.8% – 0.2% American Teens and Young Adults: “What’s your favorite way to communicate?”

2010 E-Expectations Report 23% of high school students reported searching college sites from their smart phones.

2010 E-Expectations Report 67% said they did not want college representatives contacting them by text 15% said they would text a college representative they had been working with

What would students most like to DO on a mobile site for a college or university? 77% Calculate college costs 75% Calculate scholarships 65% Schedule a visit 64% Watch videos 62% Access social media assets 53% IM with admissions reps 44% Complete an online application

Some History The Great Convergence Mobile – By The Numbers Getting Started Outline

know the problem you are trying to solve

Fail Fast, Fail Forward I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. -Thomas Edison

WWW SMTP SMS MMS LBS AR Explore All Opportunities

1.Make your site presentable 2.Responsive design 3.Mobile Web Site 4.Mobile Apps An Incremental Approach

Inspiration

Some History The Great Convergence Mobile – By The Numbers Getting Started Concluding Thoughts Outline

Douglas Adams

mobile is as different from the internet as tv is from radio

The Singularity is Near

A Keyboard and a Mouse that’s so 1970’s

“Put your best people on mobile.” - Google CEO Eric Schmidt

The Mobile Web is Coming Are you Ready?

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