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FIRECHAT, BLEEP,
AND P2P-LED MOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS
Antoine RJ Wright (@mobileminmag) #ICCMAU
2015
In what channel are these selfies shared most?
Antoine's Sydney/Cairns/ICCM AU pics:
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A REVIEW
ICCM AU: Messaging as Methods
ICCM AU: Messaging as Methods
Several talks around mobile, connectivity, and context at #iccmau
 Talked about the present of mobile as people's primary, the
real personal computer
 We looked at the web and steps forward
 We talked about how content is good, but context and
interaction are better
A COMFORT
LEVEL
WITH EMAIL
 Recipient-Organizing Communication Channel
 Works everywhere
 Filters and Rules
AN INTEREST
WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA
ICCM AU: Messaging as Methods
ICCM AU: Messaging as Methods
 Youth-oriented
 Backchannel and "conversation of the commons"
 Targeted messaging (and analytics)
 Very wide or very niche reach
MESSAGING
AS
ANOTHER LINE
ICCM AU: Messaging as Methods
WHAT, WHY
 Instant communication
 Similar to SMS, versatile as
MMS and hyperlinks
 Synchronous and
Asynchronous methods
 Conversations not just
advertisements
 Challenge of open and closed
protocols (for example, XMPP)
BUT WHAT
ABOUT SMS
#SMSDA
NCE
3.2B Internet Users
6.2B SMS
3.5B MMS
http://communities-
dominate.blogs.com/brands/2015/06/mobil
e-first-mean-what-it-means-sms-first-of-
course-the-only-gorilla-in-mobile-is-sms-
text-messaging-of-course-45x-bi.html
A FEW
MESSAGING
PLATFORMS
WECHAT
 text messaging, hold-to-talk
voice messaging, broadcast
(one-to-many) messaging,
video conferencing, video
games, sharing of
photographs and videos, and
location sharing
 iOS, Android, Windows Phone,
Blackberry, Symbian, S40,
OSX, Windows
 600M Actives
FACEBOOK
MESSENGER Text, voice, images, money
transfers, video calling
 iOS, Android, Web browser
 600M Actives
SKYPE
 Video and voice calls, text, IM,
conferencing, file/media
transfers
 iOS, Android, Windows,
Windows Phone, Symbian,
MeeGo, Bada, OSX,
Blackberry... XBox
 ~150M Actives
FIRECHAT
 uses wireless mesh
networking to enable
smartphones to connect via
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or Apples
Multipeer Connectivity
Framework without an internet
connection by connecting
peer-to-peer
OTHER MESSAGING SERVICES
 Telegram
 Bleep
 Viber
 Line
 Snapchat
 ooVoo
SUMMARY
&
TAKEAWAYS
 Mobile is the real PC
 Mobile web is great, and moving forward
 Content is good, Context is better
 Presentation is good, Interaction is where transformation lies
RECOMMENDATIONS
 Pay attention to primary messaging platforms
 Some platforms don't need the Internet, investigate them for
reach and interaction
 This space changes fast, ask kids "what's your top three apps"
to keep aware
END
ANTOIN
E. RJ
WRIGHT@mobileministrymagazine
@arjwright

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