1. 1 Jeff McWherter Director of Development Do I Really Need a Mobile App, Or Is a Mobile-Friendly Website Enough? Do I Really Need a Mobile App, Or Is a Mobile-Friendly Website Enough?

2. 2 Your Business Domain

3. 3 You need a mobile website

4. 4 Types of Applications

5. 5 Applications in the Market

6. 6 What goals must be solved?

7. 7 You are a game You need access to the device camera You need access to the microphone You need to access the address book You need to access the media library You will be using the app store/market for payment You need to send push notifications You need to run as a background service You’re an app if :

8. 8 What makes the problem worth solving?

9. 9 Do you have the resources?

10. 10 Marketing Your App

11. 11 Windows Mobile 7

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13. 13 Capability Location/GPS Camera Accelerometer Audio/Video Offline Usage Push Notifications Set-up Fee Approval Process Billing Yes No $99$25$0 Limited iTunesMarketCredit Card Yes No Limited No

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16. 16 Each http request has a “user agent” value. Custom DNN module checks this value. If value is Blackberry, Windows mobile, iPhone, or Android, browser will redirect to mobile homepage. Detection and Redirection

17. 17 Clicking the link stores a value in session setting the user agent to NOT mobile. Link to the Full Site

18. 18 @media (for the rest) @media only all and (max-width: 480px) { } Define properties for an alternate screen size in CSS

19. 19 CSS Examples Regular CSS: Mobile CSS:

20. 20 Necessary for iPhone Defining the Viewport

21. 21 Testing Mobile Sites Most browsers will display @media changes (if defined for “all” media, not “handheld” User Agent Switcher: Firefox Add-on

22. 22 Jeff McWherter jeff@gravityworksdesign.co m twitter: @jmcw www.gravityworksdesign.com