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Hot off the Pad

John SwordsPartner and Ringleader

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#1 - Blackberry Playbook• http://bit.ly/cJ8dAb• First “professional”

tablet• Dual core, lots of

RAM, Runs Java, Flash, and Webkit

• Early 2011 availability

• Developers?

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#2 - Apple Developing Video iAds

• http://bit.ly/cmz0d9

• Woo Hoo!

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#3 - Revenue from Virtual Goods Higher than Mobile Advertising (Flurry)• http://bit.ly/8YjLhT

• Mobile virtual goods accounted for 80 percent of freemium app revenue (Sept)

• Users respond to virtual good offers over advertising because its directly relevant to what they’re doing inside the app

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#4 - Android Spreadsheet• http://bit.ly/cMjYmX

• Half of the devices are 7” and 10”

• Only a few available in 2010

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#5 - Apple Testing NFC• http://bit.ly/9EcNbi

• Near field communication (NFC)

• RFID Reader and Tag In Display

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#6 - Gartner Bullish on Tablets

• http://bit.ly/bjj4RW

• Gartner today said tablet sales in 2010 will reach 19.5 million units this year, growing 181% to 54.8 million in 2011. 

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#7 - Microsoft Windows 7 Phone: Not For Tablets

• Microsoft totally overhauled their mobile OS

• 4” screen size limitation means no tablets

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#7 - Microsoft Windows 7 Phone: Not For Tablets

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