Mobile/StatusMeetings/05-05-2011

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Agenda

2.0

2.0 planning page

Localization

  • Axel opened the fennec localization dashboard on aurora, and opened sign-offs, too. Those will be for fx5 beta.

Release Engineering

  • Fennec4.0.1 release to marketplace with stuart today; will end a long-standing-action-item
  • work continues on tegras stability; holding nicely stable at: (45 in production; 35 need reimaging/being tested after reimage)
  • are there any branches that *should* be running Android coverage, but are not yet doing so?

QA

Marketing & PR

  • In NYC April 28-May 1 (Firefox Gone Mobile Ice Cream Truck)
  • Mobile Engagement + mobile initiative: https://intranet.mozilla.org/Mobile/EngagementSupport
  • Mobile Beta channel inclusion on Mozilla.com, Mozilla comms channels (Nightly/Beta goal for Q3: 5k, 30k repsectively (25k/150k EOY))
  • Phony/Quit Firefox for mobile featured in newsletter, RYF (48% compatibility)
  • Mobile acquisition campaig(s) for Q2/Q3 brainstorming underway

Feedback Summary

Issue SUMO Input Buglink
No Flash support New 121 Up 22
No copy/paste support New 5 Dn 4
Reformating text on zoom New 4 Dn

Firefox on other OS New 165 Dn
bug 654940
Problems with Marketplace New 34 -

Crash when copying URL 1 bug 641010

Support

Insights

Summary below, full update here

35% of shipped smartphones worldwide in Q1 2011 are on Android, whose app store is going to soon become the largest one

The Asia Pacific region has become the biggest smartphone market, with 37 million devices shipped in Q1 2011

The Samsung Bada OS with 3.5 million outperformed WP7 phones by 1 million more phones shipped in Q1 2011

Updated Android version distribution puts 2.1 at 24.5% and 2.2 at 65.9%

Bing will become the preferred search and maps application for BlackBerry handsets.


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