EclipseSummit2010 MobileDevelopmentSymposium

Topics

Monetary aspects
- Costs incurred for starting development
  - Have to buy SDK?
  - Costs for development devices?
  - Admission fees to app stores?
  - Submission fees for apps?
- Strategies for earning money with mobile apps
  - Freemium
  - Micro-Payment for apps
  - In-App purchase
  - Apps as a complementary feature of larger systems
  - TCO for an App / App development in general
Programming models
- Which programming models are being used?
- How much influence do you have over your device? Not so long ago, Apple promoted the use of web technologuies to build "apps" for the iPhone!
- Tooling
  - Eclipse-based
  - Non-Eclipse-based
  - Support for building GUIs?
  - System requirements (i.e. need MacOS / Windows / ...)
- In how far does development for mobile devices look / feel different from development for desktop / enterprise applications?
Cross-Platform
- How important is it?
- How can we achieve it?
- Tools and Frameworks for cross-platform development (ie. Appcelerator, MDSD, ect.)
Distribution channels
- Need to use app store?
- Can deploy freely?
- Deployment strategies for enterprises (private / in-house deployments)
- Updating strategies
What about portability / lock-in?

TODO...