22nd MobileMonday Taipei Event – iPhone Gold Rush – New Business Opportunity driven by iPhone.
Posted on: June 29, 2009 – Filed under: Taipei
The popularity of iPhone has taken the world by storm and now it is reaching over 45 million of consumer at the end of 2009.When iPhone was first introduced, it hit the headlines across the entire globe. Its appealing outlook along with its amazing features simply ignites the burning desire of every consumer out there. Many companies are seeing this as a great business investment and the direction where these companies are investing their money on is none other then the recent buzz, the iPhone applications. In other words, more businesses are realizing the benefits of mobile applications and web-based access.
iPhone applications can be used to promote your business and it can be sold as a consumer product. Within a few days of the Application Store launch, over 900 new applications were added. This has stunningly turned the iPhone into a digital playground for all its users.
The Advantage of Investing in iPhone applications:
1. Attractive Commission – You’ll get to keep 70% of everything you sell in the iPhone Application Store.
2. Wide Range of Business Opportunities – It is speculated that iPhone will achieve 45 million units by the end of 2009. With such strong numbers of consumers, this is where many opportunities can be found.
3. Work From Home – Some people are creating applications as a full time job. One reason is because of its high rturns and it is seen to be only growing at the current rate. Therefore, more and more people are starting to come into this industry.
The iPhone market is still in its early stages and growing at a very fast rate. This makes it extremely attractive for many business companies. It is the reason why the popularity of iPhone applications within corporations is blooming. On the other hand, Apple is trying to do its best to support business applications development. Very soon, developers are able to sell additional services within applications, and buyers will be able to use these new features to create a better and more distinctive application.The development of iPhone applications has become one of the richest business in the world of information technology these days. Many programmers have made a name and fortune for themselves by simply writing unique iPhone applications. In fact, these applications are fairly cheap, but if you write one that goes viral, it will generate you a whole lot of money.
For 22nd MobileMonday Taipei, we invite 3 speakers to share their newly business development for iPhone application. Each of them representing different business ventures:
Presenter 1: Mr. Steve Follmer – who co-founded internet radio station live365.com during the dot com era, he recently started developing iPhone application with his engineering team. He will share with us his thoughts about the iPhone impact for the market.
Presenter 2: EzMoBo – Established in 2000, EzMoBo provides entertainment focused services and contents over side range of wireless network and platform. As part of this effort, EzMoBo now has leading services, EzFriends, EzDating, and others established across all of Taiwan’s major cellular carriers. And to seize the business opportunity brought by iPhone, they recently launched few gaming iPhone applications on app store. They will share with us how they see the market is evolving from a mobile content provider’s point of view.
Presenter 3: Ayaris 9 – A company provides software contracting and development project management with partners. One of their key partners specializes in iPhone application development, they will share with us how the new software ODM/OEM business opportunities iPhone brought in.
Event program:
Time: 7PM, Monday, July 6th, 2009
Place: Mary’s Bistro 2nd. Floor, No.89, Sec 2 Ren-Ai Rd., Taipei City.
Check-in: 7 PM
Presentations & Discussion: 7:30 PM
Networking Time: 8:00 PM
