MobileBeat Mobile Conference

What are people saying?

“During the conference, I had very productive 1-1 meetings with 3 VCs, and developed 4 potential partnership opportunities to follow up (with heavyweights like Google and HP). The conference is well worth the time and money!” –Michael Yuan, Ringful LLC

Press Coverage
“Apple customers may have downloaded 1.5bn applications from its AppStore in the past year for their iPhones and iPod touches…” –Chris Nuttall, Financial Times

“Since so many popular web apps are free to use, people expect the same free access when it comes to mobile apps…install rates are significantly higher for free apps than they are for those that cost money.” –Jennifer Martinez, GigaOM

“…While he never explicitly referenced Chrome OS, it seemed evident that the upcoming, browser-based platform was in his head as he spoke.” –Adrian Covert, Gizmodo

“Google believes the future of the computers lies in the browser, with data and apps stored in the cloud.” –Sam Churchill, Daily Wireless

“…the question is not technological. It is one of ecosystem creation.” –Ajit Joakar, Open Gardens

“Apple’s steroid-enhanced marketing machine has drilled into the public thinking that “there’s an app for that,” not that there’s a URL.” –Tricia Duyree, Moconews

“Vic Gundotra, Google’s engineering vice president and developer evangelist, said…at…Mobilebeat…that the future…lies in web-based applications, rather than native software coded to run on specific smartphone operating systems.” –Brian X. Chen, Wired

“…no one, including Google, is rich enough to support all of the myriad mobile platforms in existence, a circumstance that mandates a shift in thinking away from the fragmented app store model.” –Jason Ankeny, Fierce Mobile

“Nokia R&D exec Tero Ojanpera’s bemused reaction to Gundotra’s evangelism was the sort of response you had to be in the room to appreciate.” –Paul Boutin, VentureBeat

“With the advancement of HTML5 and Web App-centric SDK’s like Palm’s Mojo, the limitations are dwindling.” –Greg Kumparak, MobileCrunch

“Steve Jobs understood over the long term it will be the web, that’s how it will play out.” –Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle

“According to Gundotra the harsh economics of maintaining multiple platform-specific copies of applications is pushing development to the Web.” –Jeff Longo, Mac Rumours

“Google wants to partner with carriers rather than cut them out of the revenue stream with ad-supported services…” –Stephen Lawson, PC World

“While Google, Nokia, and Palm take different approaches to the mobile space, executives…agreed that the mobile Web will play a significant role in future application development.” –Marin Perez, Information Week

“…the browser, for economic reasons almost, will become the platform that matters and certainly that’s where Google is investing.” –Mobile Entertainment

“…many developers might be wasting time trying to port their application to various mobile platforms out there.” — Stan Schroeder, Mashable

“…HTML5 allowed Web apps to tap certain features like accelerometers.” –Mihir Patkar, Think Digit

“SMS still accounts for the bulk of mobile data traffic and shows no sign of slowing down, despite the growth in general data services.” –Iain Thomson, V3

“Qualcomm was on hand at Mobile Beat 2009, and seeing as how Qualcomm is responsible for the processing and 3G technologies stuffed into the TG01’s crazy-thin body, it makes sense that they had the TG01 on hand for some play time.” –Will Park, IntoMobile

“…Russ McGuire admitted on stage that carriers aren’t exactly pushing innovation, adding that “you don’t want to move at carrier speed, you want to move at [Silicon] valley speed.”" –Will Park, IntoMobile

“The reality is, people’s digital lives are becoming mobile, and with that comes the need for data and innovation.” — Chris Caceres, Vator News

“Pandora chief technology officer Tom Conrad said some wireless carriers are still grappling with the question of whether to think of themselves as media companies or as more of a utility.” –Kim-Mai Cutler, VentureBeat

“Panelists at the MobileBeat 2009 conference agreed today that controls have to be placed on application development for handsets to avoid the security problems currently plaguing PCs.” –Iain Thomson, V3

“Mobile traffic is becoming easier to track in detail than PC traffic, with location and user data spelled out in higher detail.” –Paul Boutin, VentureBeat

“Palm has finally released its long-awaited Mojo SDK for the Palm Pre to the public…” –Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine

“Abbott, who spoke at the MobileBeat 2009 conference this morning, sidestepped a question about Apple’s decision to block the Palm Pre’s ability to sync directly with iTunes.” –Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle

“Michael Abbott, [SVP] of application software and services at Palm, made the announcement of the Palm Mojo Software Development Kit at…MobileBeat 2009, a San Francisco conference on the burgeoning field of mobile computing…” –Robert Mullins, Examiner

“More than a month after the launch of the Palm Pre, Palm has opened up its webOS Software Developers Kit (SDK) called Mojo to all developers.” –Priya Ganapati, Wired

“There was a delay between mobile innovation coming out in Europe compared to Asia, and the same delay is happening in the U.S…” –Justin Smith, Inside Facebook

Some of the Faces in the World of Mobile –Renee Blodgett, We Blog the World

“Many at the MobileBeat conference in San Francisco felt that the popularity of Apple’s App store is also its Achilles heel because it caters to the “one hit wonder” model.” –Maggie Shiels, BBC News

“At a mobile technology conference in San Francisco on Thursday, investors in a panel discussion called the release and rapid adoption of the iPhone “the first wave” of mobile technology…” –Timothy Hay, Wall Street Journal

“At the…MobileBeat conference, SGN boss Shervin Pishar suggested that the Facebook app should have an apps tab…” –Stuart Dredge, PocketGamer

“Lee Williams, executive director of the non-profit Symbian Foundation, told the MobileBeat audience the future portends more utilitarian, practical applications.” –Jason Ankeny, Fierce Mobile

“More predictions about the future of mobile devices are coming out of the MobileBeat Conference in San Francisco…” –Ian Paul, PC World

“For Nokia, which solely uses Symbian, tapping into a wider base of developers is seen helping its Ovi application store…” –Roger Cheng, Dow Jones Newswire

“MobileBeat2009 opened impressively with VentureBeat’s Matt Marshall moderating a “Fireside Chat”…The resulting talk generated some true gems of insight emanated from the discussion, forged from disparate views of how the market is maturing.” –Dan Miller, Local Mobile Search