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.
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.
Here is the quiz of the day.
Which Browsers Come Preinstalled with Flash Player?
Icons for IE8, Chrome2, Firefox 3, Safari 4, Opera 9
Which Browsers come preinstalled with the Flash Player plugin pre-installed?
Internet Explorer 8 (8.0.7100.0)
Google Chrome 2 (2.0.172.37)
Firefox 3 (3.51)
Opera 9.7 (9.64)
Safari 4 (4.0.2)
Find out the answer after the break.
Break
If you guessed Internet Explorer 8 you would be right. The way I found this out is because our computer failed and I took it in to get it fixed at EBC computers who did a great job (a little pricey) and replaced the harddrive and installed Windows 7 as the OS. The first thing I did (after plugging it into our 25" monitor at home) was to download the various browsers. I then saw the page on Opera Mobile and wanted to check it out. Surprisingly none of the browsers (including Opera which was the site I was on requiring Flash Player) had the Flash Player preinstalled except for Internet Explorer 8.
And here are the screenshots to prove it.
Google Chrome Flash Plugin Screenshot
Google Chrome isn't preinstalled with Flash Player
Safari Flash Plugin Screenshot
Safari Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player but had a detiled pop-up
Firefox Flash Plugin Screenshot
Firefox Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player. This was pretty lame.
Opera Flash Plugin Screenshot
Opera Browser is not presintalled with Flash Player. The lamest of all.
So what should you do if you run into this scenario? Go to Adobe of course and Get the Flash Plugin.
I am excited to say that I will be speaking at the E-Learning DevCon. E-Learning DevCon is arguably the best Flash E-learning conference around. This is one of those hidden gems that people talk about long after they are gone. Some of the most respected E-learning and Interactive Instructional designers will be at this conference. Sign up quickly because it is filling up fast.
Presentation:
FLOOGLYTICS = Flash + Google Analytics
Flash and Google Analytics = FLOOGLYTICS Flash has always been considered the ugly step sister in the world of SEO and Analytics. Well now Flash takes "Center Stage". Using Google Analytics data can be extracted from Flash that could never be pulled from HTML. This session will explore the ins-and-outs of how to setup Google Analytics to work most effectively with your Flash files and how to set up Flash to work most effectively with your Google Analytics account. Go beyond just seeing what users did. See what users meant to do or even wanted to do but didn't. The most important part of the equation is how to refine this gold that Flash and Google Analytics provide. Walk away from this session armed with the tools you need to implement Flooglytics and make your site effective.
I am excited to say that I will be speaking at the E-Learning DevCon. E-Learning DevCon is arguably the best Flash E-learning conference around. This is one of those hidden gems that people talk about long after they are gone. Some of the most respected E-learning and Interactive Instructional designers will be at this conference. Sign up quickly because it is filling up fast.
Presentation:
Cognitive Learning
Cognitive Learning Screenshot
This lecture will engage you and bring to life aspects of learning that are only now being tapped through technology. This style of learning walks through how technology can take learning from a passive experience to an engaged and cognitive experience. We will look at how the use of video and divergent paths can engage learners like never before. Curtis will show the product that has only been shown at one other conference - the Global Chinese Conference for Computing in Education. Come at let your brain be engaged.
