An overview of the state of the mobile industry in 2011 as it pertains to the web. Content developed and driven based on the belief of the centrality of content to distributed content to mobile devices (http://www.domain7.com/mobile). Presentation content from a workshop session presented by Bart Byl in Vancouver in September 2011.
3. People are
adopting
mobile
8 times faster
than they got
on the Web
a decade
ago.
Source: http://www.consafelogistics.com/en/KnowledgeCenter/News/2011/September/07/Mobility_trends.aspx
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5. In 2 to 4
years, half
your site’s
visitors
will be via
mobile.
Source: http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23028711
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6. What kind of mobile?
Web traffic by device in Canada
Other
2.0%
iPod Touch
14.9%
Feature phone
1.5%
Other smartphone
3.6%
Android Phone
8.2%
iPhone
34.6%
Source: http://searchengineland.com/comscore-the-ipad-owns-97-percent-of-us-tablet-traffic-82855
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iPad
33.5%
Android Tablet
0.4%
Other Tablets
1.3%
9. 80%
of branding apps
never reach
1000
downloads
Source: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1402
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10. Website?
Linkable
No 30% cut
Don’t need
Steve’s approval
No updates
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Searchable
Single platform
Quick to market
Cheap
No installation
11. People looking for
information about you
are more likely to
Google you than
open the App Store.
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12. What do users prefer?
Facebook Mobile Posts
by Client
Blackberry
13%
iPhone
14%
m.facebook.com
59%
Android
14%
http://danzarrella.com/new-data-on-mobile-facebook-posting.html
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15. 1
Learn how your audience
uses their devices.
Home
84%
Downtime
80%
In lines
76%
Shopping
69%
Work
62%
TV
62%
Commute
47%
0
22.5
45
67.5
90
http://blog.compete.com/2010/03/12/smartphone-owners-a-ready-and-willing-audience/
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23. 9
Use mobile to
improve the desktop.
David Leggett : “The most reasonable
case for omitting objects from a mobile
site is when the object wasn’t essential
to the desktop site in the first place.”
http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/considerations-for-mobile-design-part-2-dimensions/
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