3. About the speaker
Jim Ayson heads the Partner Management team
at Smart. The team handles technology
partnerships, content providers and the developer
community.
Questions?
Twitter: @jimayson
Facebook: facebook.com/jimayson
Google+: +JimAyson
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5. Disclaimer!
• Some images here are not mine.
• I’ll provide ATTRIBUTION to the original
creators whenever possible!
Image From YAHOO News
(Photo credit: Voltaire
Domingo, NPPA Images)
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6. Agenda
• The Post-PC world
• It’s All Mobile!
• Developers are the heart
of the ecosystem
• What SMART is doing
• This is the best time to
be a mobile developer!
• Go Forth and HACK
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12. “We are in the post Web 2.0 era”
– Forbes Magazine
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13. Web 1.0
• The Static Web. Yahoo, Google, Amazon, AOL,
eBay
Web 2.0
• The Social Web. Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon
Web 3.0 - Mobile
• The Age of Mobile. Instagram, Foursquare,
Flipboard – mobile-only apps!
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14. The Net has gone Mobile!
Image from Samsung
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19. What SMART is doing for the app
developer ecosystem:
• Developer Program (DevNet)
• Developing tools (SDKs and
APIs) for the dev community
• Operator Billing for in-app
transactions
• Developer Events via Devnet
• Technopreneurship bootcamps
and assistance via the
IdeaSpace Foundation
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20. This is the best time to be a mobile
developer!
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21. Everyone is using Mobile Apps!
Photo source: Intomobile.com
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