Mobile/ProductPlanning/Notes-2014-03-04

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MWC report

• Mark

Feature discussion

• Firefox Accounts & Sync - status? Currently shown as "at risk" - still true?
• APK Synthesis - status? Are we still waiting to see if we can get production servers up in time for beta?
• Snippets - status? Can we start testing this on Nightly again yet?
• Hub
  • Moving most of this to Fx32 & hoping to secure some great partners for a September launch
  • Fx30 will focus mainly on RSS support (2 add-ons) - does it look like we'll be able to get this part finished and polished in time for Fx30?
  • Deb & Ian need to put together project pages for each of the P1 add-ons, with finalized stories & designs
• Product Announcements - what are the next steps for getting this sorted out? I'm not sure what the problem is, but it would be nice to get this sorted out ASAP.
• RTL support - status?

Marketing

• We're hiring a Product Marketing Manager - the job posting is up and everyone should post it to their social networks:
  • https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/oBtJXfwu

Insights

• Bill & Kev

• Something about a trade show last week that had something to do with mobile.
• The Nokia X series of phones are more than just an entry level device. They're dual-sim variants that represent Nokia's take on a phone geared towards an emerging market sans Google, and offer those markets an entry point for MS services where Android development is the 800lb Gorilla.
• Chipsets, chipsets, and more chipsets. Faster processors, quad/octo/hexa-cores, faster wifi, new 64-bit platforms from places like Intel, Samsung and MediaTek (and others) dominated a lot of the hardware talk at MWC vs. innovations in the handsets themselves. Look for robust platforms at lower price points, putting a serious crimp on feature phones moving forward.
• Phablets going mainstream - many people calling the tablet market as commoditized after 3 short years, with increased focus on the phablet (I'm sorry this is an actual thing) market, which offers considerably better economics and distribution.

Feedback

• Rob - No new feedback trends detected by Rob/Roland for 27.

Roadmap review

• We are moving the primary Firefox Hub stuff to Firefox 32, and will focus only on RSS stuff for Fx30. I need to change the roadmap to reflect that.
• I also need to work a Firefox Marketplace Discovery Feed add-on into the mix somewhere - maybe Fx31? Will sort that out offline, this is just FYI.

Partner review

• Mark & Deb (no notes, in-meeting only)