Nielsen just posted the results of another survey that show Android quickly eclipsing iPhone in adoption and smartphone market share
Android is growing while iPhone is stagnant
Are consumers deciding to adopt phones like the HTC Evo with a considerably better camera and 4G speeds that are up to 10x faster than the iPhone and AT&T? Are consumers wowed by the power of Android on the new DroidX? Do users want to see the other half (40%) of the web that is currently Adobe Flash content?
According to the smartphone market share study by Nielsen above, Android has shown a whopping 4-5% incremental growth/quarter beginning in Q4 of 2009 while Apple has only claimed 1% growth/quarter during the same time frame.
Android eclipses iPhone in recent study
Are we having Deja-Vu of Steve Jobs taking on Microsoft? Is Apple heading back to the same predicament they were in in the late 80's. Are Adobe and Google just to strong for the well branded fruit? Time will tell but, the consumers are making their voice heard with their wallets. It will be interesting to see what the numbers will be the next quarter?
An article on Techcrunch stated sarcastically that it is "Shocking" that 20 models of the Android would outsell one iPhone. This is simply called market forces and the law of supply and demand. People want choices and Apple doesn't offer that in phones or carriers.
April 13th only the "Great Work, Great Career" iPhone app is available for the price of $2.99. It has been selling for $9.99 but to help with the downturn in the economy FranklinCovey is offering the iPhone app for this special price today only.
The app is fantastic and it really should be 5 apps sold seperately.The application helps you find a job if you are looking and helps you keep your job and make a difference at your company if you are employed. Get the FranklinCovey iPhone app.
Here are some screen shots.
Great Work, Great Career, Great iPhone App
You can ask Stephen R. Covey or Jennifer Colosimo questions about getting and keeping a job directly through the app.
The app comes loaded with videos from Stephen R. Covey and Jennifer Colosimo
One of my favorite features of the app is the Strengths finder. It helps you make a difference for you company by laying out your strengths and helping you tap into them more.
Find out what your true strengths are and how to best use them.
The "Resource Finder" is where you go if need to get a job.
Find the right job and get the skills you need with the Resource Finder
Once you have a job and know your strengths then use the app to set out to make a difference with your "Contribution Statement"
Don't Just Work - Contribute!
Another awesome part of the app is creating a "Village" where you have instant access using your own contacts to in a way you may never have thought of before.
About three or four years ago I was giving a presentation about technology at a large prestigious University to a group of Masters students soon to graduate. The presentation was going well and the crowd seemed to be engaged and enjoying what I had to say. I had made it through approximately half of my slides and had mentioned something about an email I had received when from the middle of this auditorium style room a kid shouted out, "Email is for old people."
This comment caught me off guard and I stopped the presentation. I asked, "Who just said that?" The setting was very formal and no-one volunteered themselves right away. The crowd was large enough that I couldn't pick the It seemed that whoever had made the disruption realized that maybe he shouldn't have blurted out the comment or else he thought that I might be upset about his actions. After some cajoling, a hand was raised and the once brazen student admitted to the outburst.
I asked him, "What do you mean, email is for old people?" He explained, to the agreement of the crowd, "No one uses email anymore! The only time we use email is when our professors make us check our grades." I was very interested in what he had to say and so instead of continuing on my topic I put away my clicker, abandoned my slides and just had a conversation with the group.
"So Who uses email on regular basis?"
Less than a fourth of the hands went up.
"How do you get a hold of one another?"
"We text, twitter, or Facebook."
"Email is so slow. We want to get ahold of our friends instantly."
"Yeah, it takes forever to get someone to answer an email."
"We can text during class and in meetings. You can't really do that with a phone call."
"How many of you will text first instead of calling on the phone?"
Almost all hands were raised.
"How do you communicate anything substantial, with only 160 characters?"
"U only need 160 chars 2 say what U need 2 say. FYI."
"Facebook is for bigger stuff - and pictures."
"If you really need to write something big you just post it to your blog. I have an RSS feed of all my friends blogs."
The conversation continued like this for the duration of my visit. The votes were in and email failed the test of GenY and the Millennials. The next generation weighed-in and without an instant response they are not interested.
A friend of mine, James Keddington, heard a similar story when he saw Gen. Colin Powell speak who shared an experience about his Grandson saying the same thing, "Email is for old people Grandpa!"
So, what does this mean for the world of Marketing? It means that those Masters students have been in the work force for several years now. It means that we can not ignore the power of new media, social networks, and social media. It means that 1f we adapt our products and marketing efforts to this group where they live, how they live and on the platforms they live on then we will span the generational gap and be a thriving company in the next five years.
Thanks,
Curtis J. Morley
P.S. Let's regain our youth and instigate a worldwide "Email Free Friday."
Do you need a lot of info fast? Do you need to be a maven in your industry? Do you want every piece of info that your favorite newspaper or blog has - BUT you don't want irrelevant information that just gets in the way? Here is your solution. An RSS Filter tool. Everyone loves a good RSS feed but nobody wants the information overload that goes with it. Here are some of the tools that I suggest to get RSS feeds filtered just the way you like it.
Are you having a heart attack because you didn't order flowers a week ago? Well calm your beating heart and give your Loved one a heart attack instead. Just fill in your name and your loved ones name below and from your printer will come many Valentines Hearts that you can cut out and put on your love's car walls, mirrors, house, etc... I suggest putting red, pink or bright pink paper into your printer but white will do. Each Valentines heart comes out with a unique saying.
Flash application that prints multiple Valentines hearts, each with a personalized Valentines saying. Create your own valentines. Give your love a heart attack(the good way).
FranklinCovey, the worldwide leader in training and consulting services in the areas of strategy execution, leadership and personal effectiveness, built LiveClicks™ webinar workshops—a global online-learning business leveraging the technology of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro software.
During this session, you will hear how FranklinCovey was able to:
Double online-learning seminar attendance and income
Create a customized system for tracking and monetizing training content worldwide
Provide an exceptionally high-quality customer experience
Overcome technical and operational obstacles while launching LiveClicks webinar workshops as a global platform
Posted in Adobe, Flash at 11:48 am by Curtis J. Morley
Flash on the iPhone
Finally it is true. You will soon be able to use Flash Pro CS5 to develop iPhone apps. It only takes an export. There are currently a handful of apps up on the iTunes Store. Go sign up for the beta
Posted in Adobe, Flash at 11:39 am by Curtis J. Morley
Flash Player 10.1 is now available which gives mobile phones users the ability to run the full version of Flash on a mobile device. This release has a tremendous amount of features and developments. As you can see in this graphic from Kevin Lynch's presentation Flash Player 10.1 is now:
Smartphone enabled
Multitouch capable
Accelerometer capable
Hardware accelerated
HTTP video streaming capable
Contains content protection
Has Peer assisted networking (social network integration)
Flash Player 10.1
Flash Player 10.1 also has significant performance enhancements as you can see in the graph below.
