VisionMobile’s 360° workshops offer a crash course in complex industry sectors. The workshops provide a 360°, comprehensive, independent analyst view into buzzing, complex topics such as mobile open source and the mobile handset business.

360 Degree Insights into Complex Industry Sectors

Workshop : Mobile Open Source

360° Workshop - Mobile Open Source

Open Source is one of the most misunderstood topics, yet one which has already created commercial disruptions, like Google’s Android, the WebKit browser and Nokia's open source strategy for Symbian. Companies are now evaluating their strategy in the complex labyrinth of open source. This one-day intensive workshop is a must for companies wanting to understand the economics, legal issues, the reality of mobile Linux, 10s of real-world case studies, and make informed decisions on their own positioning.

Key topics covered:

  • The Economics of Open Source: open source cultures, business models, case studies, community dynamics, do’s and don’t’s
  • Open Source Licensing 101: understanding GPL, top-10 licenses and their implications, patents, derivative works, risk mitigation and best practices.
  • The Brave New World of Mobile Linux: Linux vendor case studies and taxonomy, OEM challenges and the bipolar industry forums.
  • Case studies 101: Java (Sun vs Motorola vs Android), the WebKit disruption, Nokia+Symbian, Adobe, Android, AOL OMP, Microsoft Shared Source, Funambol, Volantis and other case studies.
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Workshop : Mobile Handsets 101

360° Workshop - Mobile Handset Business

This one-day intensive workshop is aimed at companies eager to understand the commercial dynamics, the competitive technology landscape and the market trends in the mobile handset industry. The course dissects the mobile ecosystem, its key players, analyses the balance of power, the regional differences and profiles the key movers and shakers. The course is a must for companies eager to jump into the revenue opportunities of the mobile industry, based by a solid understanding of the complex dynamics and technologies.

Key topics covered:

  • The mobile value web and the operator-manufaturer bipole dynamics
  • The mobile handset lifecycle, from industrial design and brand licensing to last-mile customisation and post-sales service deployment
  • Behind handset technologies: the taxonomy of 100s of solution vendors, from RTOS and virtualisation to on device portals and UI frameworks
  • Understanding the complexities of mobile service delivery: from WAP to Active Idle Screens.
  • Emerging business models: Handset Business 2.0
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