Mobile trends, with selected implications for health-care playersFordcastle, July 2011
Smartphone ubiquity will exceed feature phones in the US in Q3 2011. Mobile platforms are proliferating while HTML5 emerges slowly. Significant resources must be invested in both mobile apps and web for all major platforms like Android and iPhone.
The mobile value chain is in turmoil as consolidation and fragmentation occur due to internet dynamics. There are major uncertainties around companies like RIM and Nokia/Microsoft. New tiered consumer business models are emerging.
Mobiles are increasingly important for security and authentication, with new methods like mobile keys and remote monitoring. Security concerns grow over using mobiles for business as the first Android virus emerges.
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6. HTML5 slowly emergesSupporting data Strategic relevance Significant resources : Apps AND mobile web, Android AND iPhone Participation in standard setting bodies Developer platform of choice ‘Mobile first’ – Google Personal diagnostic platform
11. New tiered consumer biz models emergingSupporting data Strategic relevance Hard to call winners – broad range of strategic partners Increased need for future-scanning Openness towards early stage companies – what is the VC-scanning process and early stage partnering process?
12. Security Mobiles are an increasingly important part of the security and authentication systems
17. DroidDream – first virus for Android Supporting data Strategic relevance New ways to identify customers Security concerns over using mobiles for company business Awareness of fake mobile apps New privacy and transparency models will be developed
22. Schwab allows customers to deposit checks with mobile phonesSupporting data Strategic relevance Mobile represents new channels to market Increased product transparency Instant feedback and increased power of socially-driven purchases Out of mobile airtime, Facebook Credits, Bitcoin, Paypal etc, which becomes the global online currency?
23. SoMoLo Services that embody Social, Mobile and Location find large scale consumer acceptance
26. Meet Twitter friends: SonarSupporting data Strategic relevance Location as new source of insight re customer data Crowd sourced intelligence Venues as new marketing partners
27. Image: Catra, MIT Media Lab Diagnostics Mobile device is increasingly used to diagnose medical treatment
32. Quantified Self – data based analysisSupporting data Strategic relevance Emergence of non-invasive blood monitoring Ability to do local analysis and monitoring Interoperability with key mobile OSs (iOS, Android) Instant feedback and readings
37. Game dynamics pervasvieSupporting data Strategic relevance New game dynamics and psychological insights improve patient monitoring and adherence Potential use of augmented reality solutions for new medical diagnoses
42. Tripit mobile – travel assistantSupporting data Strategic relevance Mobile device as home controller – media, AC, systems, monitoring Integration of health data into overall home solutions Increasing reliance on mobile as repository of key customer data
44. Mapping these trends to the hierarchy of needs Business focused trend Value Chain Turmoil Immersivegaming SoLoMo Assistive devices mCommerce Dianostics Smartphone ubiquity Security enabler