Mobile/ProductPlanning/Notes-2014-05-27

Hot items/Roadmap update

Roadmap found here

Goals check in

Deb, Mark, Brad, Ian

Any status changes to the following?

• [ON TRACK] Firefox on Android: Firefox Hub - initial version shipped in GA with 2 add-ons (Fx30) and initial Tiles-like functionality with full telemetry probes (Fx31) [dria, ibarlow, mfinkle]
• [ON TRACK] Firefox on Android: User support - contextual tips (Fx32) [dria, ibarlow, mfinkle]
• [NEW] first-run tips (Fx33) [dria, ibarlow, mfinkle]
• [NEW] Firefox on Android: Startup performance - instrument and start measuring WebApp startup performance [dria, blassey]
• [ON TRACK] Firefox on Android: Tablets - Complete design spec for tabbed browsing refresh [dria, ibarlow]
• [ON TRACK] Firefox on Android: Search widget (Fx33) [dria, ibarlow, minkle]
• [DONE] Firefox on Android: Quick Share Provider functionality including support for defaults via distributions (Fx31) [dria, mfinkle]

Metrics

Hamilton

Insights

News

Microsoft released its Surface Pro 3 last week, further refining the power tablet offering and receiving mostly positive reviews for pretty much everything except the keyboard. Why we should care: Microsoft's Surface product line continues to grow, and is generating around $1B/quarter in revenue. The Surface Pro 3 is closer to a Windows laptop replacement than Android or iOS tablets, and adoption bears watching.

Google quietly Google has launched an updated mobile web version of the Play store, giving users the ability to use the web versus a native app. You can have a peek at https://play.google.com/store. Why we should care: With the integration of Chrome in the launcher, this may be a way Google plans to better integrate Play content and hardware discovery and acquisition without the need of a dedicated app (and may also drive the underlying app itself).

Notes

• Samsung is going down-scale to compete with the Moto E.
• Google might be releasing Tango tablet prototypes at I/O. This is a rumor, and only a rumor, but it's from the WSJ.
• 1Password is coming out of Beta to Android next month, making it a fully x-platform password play.
• Google updates Plus on Android, sports a new (and familiar looking) UI and "Auto Awesome Stories" feature, to name a few.

Feedback

Rob

(Possibly non-verbal)

No new feedback trends, top issues are stable: Updated Weekly Sample Feedback.

Roland will cover user feedback next week since Rob will be on a UX research trip for FFOS.

Marketing

Arcadio

Partner review

No notes - in-meeting updates from Mark and Deb

Roundtable

• Proposal: go/no-go discussion on features at the product meeting (or a separate meeting?) the first week after uplift.
  • Format? Quick feature tour → Health report → Q&A → Decision