Mobile Computing in a "Post-PC" era... right?
Presented by Joseph Labrecque Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference
August 3rd 2011 – Boulder, CO
Introduction
Joseph Labrecque, MA Senior Interactive Software Engineer University of Denver – CTL
Fractured Vision Media, LLC
Adobe Community Professional Adobe Education Leader
Flash Development for Android Cookbook
What we’ll cover today
• Traditional computing in education • The state of mobile across platforms • How did we get here? • The push for rapid adoption in education • Why mobile is great for education • Why mobile is terrible for education • Some perspective • Discussion
Traditional computing in education
• Laptop requirements • General activities include
research and writing, with access to online tools
• Fully powered, unrestricted machines
The state of mobile across platforms
• Mobile explosion! – iOS, Android, QNX, WP7, WebOS – Smartphones and tablets – Android dominates, Apple not far behind – Other platforms are being crushed
• By 2014, mobile internet consumption will overtake desktop consumption
Android Growth
• Google I/O 2011 – 400,000 new Android devices
activated every day (as of July it is 500,000! This is growing by 4.4% EVERY WEEK)
– 100 million activated Android devices to date.
– There are 200,000 free and paid applications available in Android Market.
– 4.5 billion applications have been installed from Android Market.
How did we get here?
• Apple iOS – iPhone in 2007 – iPad in 2010
• Google Android – Founded 2003 – Googled 2005
• Windows P7 • RIM BB7/QNX
“I think we’ve embarked on that change. Is it the iPad? Who knows? Will it be next year or five years? … We like to talk about the post-PC era, but when it really starts to happen, it’s uncomfortable.” –Steve Jobs
The push for rapid adoption
• Driven with iOS (iPad) • A race to get devices into the hands of students • There has been a “me too!” effect
Mobile is great for education
• Portable (duh) • Social • Connected-ness • Lightweight • Directed experiences
Mobile is terrible for education*
• Devices are limited in power • Non-traditional OS • Limited functionality • Locked down platforms • Fragmentation
*not really
LOTS of “pre-mobile” content
• Websites • Web Apps • RIA Experiences
• All still viable • All still useful
More on Flash…
• Flash Player does not run on iOS • Flash Player does run on
Android and QNX (and more expected by late 2011)
• Adobe AIR runs on iOS, Android, QNX… (and more expected by late 2011)
• Adobe Edge Preview 1 • Wallaby / Swiffy
Some perspective…
• Mobile is great – I love mobile • Not great for everything • Limitations and restrictions are real • Legacy content • Bleeding edge content • Things will get better • NOT a religious war!
Future?
• Android 4.0 - Ice Cream Sandwich • Apple iOS5 • RIM BlackBerry QNX (Tablet OS) • HP WebOS • Windows Phone 7
Discussion
Let’s chat!
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