Presentation: "A snapshot of the mobile HTML5 revolution"

Time: Friday 10:35 - 11:35

Location: Metropolitan Ballroom II & III

Abstract: The premise and the promise of using web technologies for building mobile apps is well understood. But are we there yet? This presentation takes an honest look at the state of the art of mobile standards and implementations. We discuss what can be built, what has been built - and of course what will soon be possible - with these exciting tools and approaches.

James Pearce, Sr. Director, Developer Relations at Sencha

 James  Pearce
James is a technologist, writer, developer & entrepreneur who has been working with the mobile web for over a decade. He is Senior Director of Developer Relations at Sencha. Previously he was the CTO at dotMobi and has a background in mobile startups, telecoms infrastructure and management consultancy. He speaks extensively on the topic of mobile web development, and has written books for both Wiley and Wrox.James led the development of mobiForge, DeviceAtlas and ready.mobi, and is the creator of tinySrc, the WordPress Mobile Pack, and WhitherApps. He has declared every year since 1997 to be "The Year of the Mobile Web" - and feels like he might finally be right.
 
Twitter: @jamespearce