Opportunity Beyond Ring tones in Mobile Applications Ecosystem Deepak Mittal
Landscape Apple Twitter Location Cloud Touch Gmail App Stores Widgets Intelligent Customer Interactions Facebook Internet Access RIM Smartphone Wii 3G Voice Context Search TV Edge Prepaid Coupons Messenger Android HTC Motorola Content Tablet
Successful Apps Ingredients Location Cloud Intelligent Customer Interactions Internet Access Voice Context TV Android Content Tablet
Takeaways P2P/Collaboration Apps & Tools & Gaming Voice will be an Application Analytics –Content Recommendations, Delivery and Discovery Content and Context Augmented Reality Primary Launch Medium / Mainstream Medium Leverage New Mobility Dimensions, Conjunction opens tremendous use cases –Accelerometer, Inclinometer –GPS –Improved Computation/Bandwidth
Examples Contextual –Apps replacing search engines Search Apps for Music, Books, Holidays etc. Search is discovery –Extension of Experience – TV, Radio, Office, Home Simplify Life, Optimize Business –Transactions at click of a button – Health – Automate – Drop the companion
Enterprise Apps From Develop, Deploy & Monetize To Build, Integrate & Customize Benefits –Lower Costs for Mobile Work Force –Improve Productivity –Speed of Execution –Ease of Access –Accuracy of Information
Platform, App Middleware, Enabler –Commerce Enabler, In-App Purchase –Aggregator –Trust / Loyalty, Prepaid –Network Integrated, Partner with Telcos –Analytics/Customer Profiling – Accuracy of targeting –Open Source? Creativity –Content / Real Time Content Ease of Discovery –* to Copy –Farmville Neighbour request User Experience and Interface –Intent of Use not just ease of use, Device Like Value Creation
Emerging Business Models Pay Per Download / Subscription Virtual currency / Virtual Goods – Easy adoption Cross Sell Opt-in to collect Profiling Information Free Standard Usage, Premium Pay Per Use (Up-sell) Micro Payments – VISA++ Operator Revenue Share (India), Operator Endorsed, OEM Endorsed and Pre Bundled Branding/Contest/Launch
Thank you Deepak Mittal