Austin Startup-WeekI Can Haz Mobile and Gaming
Why Mobile?September 9, 2011
C. Enrique Ortiz, Bijoy Goswami, Frank Roan & John Knox
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 ($)
Mobile Platforms are Exploding
*Source: Enders Analysis
App Markets are Exploding
• Android Market: ~300K
• iOS (Apple) Store: >500K
*Source: Silicon Alley Insider
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.
Austin Mobile Scene• A fast growing
scene; largest mobile scene since 2000s (actually beats it)
• SW & HW
• Gaming, Services, Enterprise, Health, Fitness, Platforms, other…
http://www.mindmeister.com/72914921/the-austin-mobile-scene
The Austin Mobile Scene MindMap: add yourself or contact @eortiz or @sguengerich
Austin Mobile SceneMind Map
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
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