1. Austin Startup-WeekI Can Haz Mobile and Gaming Why Mobile? September 9, 2011 C. Enrique Ortiz, Bijoy Goswami, Frank Roan & John Knox
2. App/Data Space is Exploding Data revenues have grown at an average rate of 20% to 30% across operators like AT&T, Telefónica, Verizon Wireless, and Vodafone between 2010 and 2011. (*Source: ABI Research) Growth translates to mobile/app opportunties Growth also translates to pains for network operators, and opportunites the help with such pains ($)
5. Don’t forget the mass market! While the number of smartphones as a proportion of mobile phones is set to increase, from 23% of all mobile phone shipments in 2011 to 37% in 2016, Ovum still expects non-smartphones to number 2.3 billion in 2016 JavaME is the most widespread mobile application runtime on mobile phones (as reflected by its position on Figure 1). According to Oracle, the company which now maintains the Java technology, there are currently 3 billion mobile phones that currently support JavaME, and 1 billion of these are from Nokia alone.
6. Austin Mobile Scene A fast growing scene; largest mobile scene since 2000s (actually beats it) SW & HW Gaming, Services, Enterprise, Health, Fitness, Platforms, other… Austin Mobile Scene Mind Map The Austin Mobile Scene MindMap: add yourself or contact @eortiz or @sguengerich http://www.mindmeister.com/72914921/the-austin-mobile-scene
7. In Summary Truly explosive growth in mobile, worldwide Comsumption and opportunities Great Austin mobile scene Fast growing, rich & diverse, great talent Now is the time to get into mobile! Join a mobile technology group for example: Mobile Monday Austin, Android Dev Austin, other Questions? Contact C. Enrique Ortiz http://about.me/cenriqueortiz @eortiz, @bijoy, @windaddict, Frank Roan