Talk:Maemo Summit 2009/Submissions
Please add comments you have about presentations under consideration here.
Go-to market opportunities for mobile application developers
I'm unsure about the relevance of this presentation to attendees. Dave Neary 14:57, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
The focus of the presentation seems to be mostly around other platforms than maemo, although some of the topics have some relevance for the attendees, I'm not sure if the presentation as a all have enough relevance for the audience. Valério Valério 10:22, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
More info about the presentation:
"My goal in this presentation is to steer a discussion about the best way of the Maemo community to make applications as easily available as possible. I don’t have solutions but I can bring in our experiences in working on multiple platforms to demonstrate what works better.
Namely -
- iPhone environment is by far the best environment for app developers. The system encourage users to try and use external apps and it is doing it with an intuitive 'store-front' and easy setup.
- Nokia (OVI) and WM environment provides decent solutions assuming the end user is passionate in looking for an app. Their draw-back are - unfriendly store-front; too many steps in the download process and a lengthy setup process.
- The Linux solution, repositories - is only for the geeks. It is too technical, hidden, and presented to those who understand the insides of the device.
My goal in the presentation is to demo what we are doing in each channel, our unique approach to ease the process in some environment (Symbian and WM), the different 'app-stores'. I hope that this will encourage the technical guys to set and build a better process in Maemo such that the non-geeks users can benefit from the applications provided."
Canola application and framework for rich GUI
I would prefer a more in-deep presentation around the framework behind canola than the app itself, since the intended audience will be application developers and some of the canola components have a big lack of documentation. Valério Valério 10:32, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Yes, that's it. Since people from Maemo already know Canola, what I really hope is to bring more developers to Canola (Terra) framework, so we can have more Canola plugins or even other applications in the same line, built from scratch using Terra framework. --k-s 11:42, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
On the assumption that this is indeed a more developer orientated presentation about the Terra framework and not just Canola (obviously using Canola for an example of what can be done) I personally would be happy to see this at the Summit. -- baloo 22:02, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Attracting the Masses
Presentation declined. We felt that the content wasn't compelling enough for the presentation, and there will be considerable duplication with presentations during the Nokia day, which will concentrate on cracking the mass market, and during the Fremantle Stars presentations we expect to have. Please add any comments you might have below. Dave Neary 16:45, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
- Daniel Gentleman, thoughtfix at gmail dot com or thoughtfix anywhere.
- Intended audience: Developers - but other parties may be interested
- Talk type: Presentation (req: projector with VGA or DVI input for a Keynote presentation)
- Abstract/description
- Tablets have hundreds of applications now - but who are they for? If the Internet Tablets are intended to attract a more mainstream mobile market, the maemo community needs to get in touch with the needs of the target market.
- The first part of this presentation will give an overview of the most popular applications on competing platforms. This information will be collected through app store sales/download counts, direct communication with a sampling of mobile consumers, and communication with some other high-profile mobile technology journalists. This will include actual applications, connectivity options, peripherals, interface (touch/keyboard/icon/etc) preferences, and related consumer desires.
- The second part of this presentation will give an overview of the state of the existing maemo platform including commercial partners, independent contributors, and ports of more popular Linux software.
- The conclusion will analyze mobile consumer desires compared to maemo offerings and, hopefully, give developers ideas on what they can write to make the platform more appealing.
- Author bio
- The seeds of TabletBlog started in 2005 when some geek named Daniel Gentleman picked up the original Nokia 770 and started a blog. Since then, I've published thousands of bits of material reaching millions of visitors and video views. So far, I've been present for the Nokia N800 launch in CES 2007, the N810 launch at the Web2Summit, BossaConference 2008 in Recife, Brazil, and the first Maemo Summit.