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Platforms for Mobile
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Craig J. Mathias29 April 2008
Copyright 2008 – All rights reserved
Topics for Today…
• Platforms for Mobile Computing and
Communications
• What is a platform?
• What are the options?
• And a few other issues…
• Paradigms for mobile computing and
communications
• The future of mobility itself
The Single-Device Paradox
Phone in a PDA? PDA in a Phone?
Samsung BlackJack Verizon Wireless PN-820
• Styling
• Size
• Weight
• Battery Life
• Ruggedness
• Cost
• Other functionality
(cameras, MP3, ?)
• Etc.
Source: Farpoint Group
Diversity, not
Convergence
• Operating
environment/API
• User Interface
• Application
Software
(including
browser)
Platforms: Choices, Choices,
Choices…
Garnet™ OS
Our Speakers for Today
• David Heit, Director, Enterprise
Product Management, Research in
Motion
• David “Lefty” Schlesinger, Director of
Open Source Technologies, ACCESS
Systems America
• Chip Vollers, Sr. Product Manager,
Microsoft
The Era of Infocentricity – The
Increasing Value of Information1960s/70s
Compu-Centric
1980s/90s
Application-Centric2000+
Info-Centric
• Computers matter
• Custom applications
• Applications matter
• Standard applications
• Information matters
• Browsers are it –
device-independence;
thin clients?
•Web services
• Smart-card based
• Continuous Connectivity
Source: Farpoint Group
Question 1
• What mobile computing paradigm ultimately wins?
• Duplicate the desktop?• MacOS, Windows, LINUX
• Augment the desktop?• Mobile OS, smartphone (closed OS)
• Replace the desktop?• Local app execution
• Access the desktop/network?• Thin clients/Web services?
Question 2
• What software development
platform/paradigm is best suited to
mobile devices?
• What development tools are available?
• Where does the Web services model fit?
Question 3
• How do we best manage mobile
platforms?
• Need to minimize complexity and
operational expense
• Application distribution, updates,
malware, etc.
Question 4
• Why doesn’t LINUX win?
• Open-source
• Free
• Runs on small devices
• Already popular
• What’s missing?
More Questions
