FUTURICE

FUTURICE: 3 TOPICSMikko Viikari 2007-09-18

• Design and development of mobile and web applications

• Multimedia, community apps, tech demos

• Roots in Otaniemi

• Young, innovative, dynamic

• High profile customers in Europe and US: start-ups, telecom, media corporations

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• 3 interesting topics available

– Innovation Platform

– GPS for Golf Players

– Backup Service for Information on Mobile Phones

• Futurice provides test devices, technical assistance and a team room

TOPICS

• Users play major role in the life-cycle of ”web 2.0” on-line community services

• Tool for communication between the user community and software developers– Gathering ideas from the community– Rating, organising information– Roadmapping– Discussion area, blog– What else you think is needed?

• Focus of the project is in concept design and user experience creation

INNOVATION PLATFORM (1/2)

• Web application

• Preferred technologies: Java/JEE or Ruby on Rails– Re-use existing components if possible– Mash-up

• Futurice provides server hardware

• Futurice internal project

INNOVATION PLATFORM (2/2)

• GPS enabled golf application

• For golf players and golf clubs

• Client-server: focus of the project on mobile client

• Parters: map data provider, Golf association

GOLF APPLICATION (1/3)

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ULTIMATEGOLF

• For players: – location data

– game data (clubs, locations and score card information) for further analysis,

– see the other players on the map

• For golf clubs: – see the players on the field

– send messages to the groups

– speed up the playing time

GOLF APPLICATION (2/3)

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• Technology decisions up to developer (J2ME, native/C++ S60, Python, ...)

• Futurice provides test devices for the team and guidance on the application design

• Server interfaces and map material will be available during project

• The customer will get all the rights for the code

GOLF APPLICATION (3/3)

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ULTIMATEGOLF

• Backup solution for information on mobile phones– Contacts– Photos, video– Messages– Etc.

• Server + mobile client on one chosen platform

BACKUP SERVICE (1/2)

• Technology decisions up to the team

• Server: JEE, Ruby on Rails, ?

• Mobile client on one chosen platform: Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian, ?

• Customer gets all rights to the results

• Signing an NDA is not required

BACKUP SERVICE (2/2)

• Futurice Party on Friday 2007-10-12

• Other parties to come

• Job opportunities

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