Mobile Camp Boston 3
Went to Mobile Camp Boston 3, now part of Mobile Mondays. This was the first mobile event I attended. I love the location, MIT Tang Center, easy parking, 1/2 away from Starbucks. Was it useful? Not too bad. Found out there is life beyond the iPhone/iPad. (Not a lot, but a little bit..). The camp was short and the content was light. A lot of company selling services. Lawyers, even some VC’s. The big surprises are (1) Verizon was here, as a sponsor as well as presenter, and (2) City of Boston was there, talking a little about the success of Citizen Connect and the proposed Innovation District of Boston. Given the history of Boston and land development, I have to be very skeptical about the innovation district. But that’s another blog post.
Main take aways?
- Location based social media is important (got me started playing with gowalla)
- Android development is easier technically, but
- AppStore is by far the easiest for deployment overall, when considering all the Apple testing and payment processing
- Verizon is waking up
- VCs are interested in this space (duh)
- while not sexy, Palm or Blackberry apps may make you more money
- don’t forget “feature phones” can have some sort of “application experience” as well.
Oh, and I got to play with an iPad, very impressive, confirmed everything I thought about it. Now I only wish I bought one.
