Antwerp Girl Geek Dinner

http://www.brusselsgirlgeekdinner.be

Designing & Developing for Mobile

Sarah BlowFounder, Girl Geek Dinners

founder@girlgeekdinners.com

What is Mobile Really?

It used to be...

Now it’s this...

Could it become this...

Or this?

Tools of today

Visual Studio

J2ME

XCode

Use the emulator

Don’t avoid testing on devices though

What Language?

Almost any Language

Web Apps

On Device Apps

UI Challenges

Landscape/ Portrait

Accelerometers

Camera/ Video

Screen Size & Resolution

Touch vs Traditional

Sound – Use & Misuse

Battery Life

Sometimes Connected

Presence

Attention

Light

GPS

WiFi

3.5g

Tips

Think of the Usage Scenario

Think about saving battery

Us databases of resolution/ dpi

They are out there you just need to know where to look.

Plan for update over the air

Consider NFC & Zigbee

Don’t do it all on device if you don’t have to

Benefit from Cloud Computing

Do your research

Event Reminder

Location & Info

Date & Time:Saturday 14 March 2009 08:30-22:30

Venue:Brussels-Midi , London St Pancras Internationaland London Apple Store. Details here.

Sponsored by:Eurostar

Topic and speakers:A lecture by Molly Flatt, a Guardian blogger, and Jess Greenwood - Dep Ed, Contagious MagazineThe theme is likely to be around 10 top trends of the year including things like Location and Context Services, Apps Stores, Going Green, etc

Thanks To

• Clo for organizing the event

• The sponsors for their support and sponsorship

• The fantastic photographers who donated their pictures for us to use in this presentation!

• Those who inspire and encourage me!