1. Provide searching, saving and realtime transcoding 3GP video services for mobile phones.
2. Optimizes Web pages for mobile phones, providing a richer browsing experience.

You go to the web site and pick the sites that you want to see on your phone, then it txts you with a web page and you make that your new home page. i can now get to all of my favorites on my phone without having to type anything or search for web sites. I can even choose new sites from my phone too. i’ve got a crappy flip phone but its supposed to work on iphone too.

I think the mobile Internet will start where all emerging technologies start – with the geeks. They’ll make the case that it is a necessary tool in everyday life. But we’re still not quite there yet. Even now, what with the rapid adoption of devices like the BlackBerry and the iPhone and HTC’s new devices, the mass market still isn’t ready for a broad adoption of the mobile Internet, especially in America. I personally envy those in Asia and Europe for the mobile speeds that are available to them, but I still wonder how much of the population actually utilizes those services on a regular basis. I’d venture to guess that its probably about the same percentage as the Americas, but alas I’m ignorant of the European market and its numbers, so that’s just me guessing.

I think the other barrier to mainstream adoption is ease of use – while many devices (such as the Pearl, of which I am a previous owner) are definitely useable for web browsing, I think the main market is still the tech savvy – put the Pearl in my mom’s hands and see how quickly she gives up. But with a new wave of devices that are far more intuitive, the barrier to entry will become lower and lower allowing for more mass market adoption.

Alfred Saforo is also way out (20-30 years!!?). More like 20-30 weeks is a bit more realistic. This whole article seems very uninformed of the extent of mobile web/internet usage across the rest of the planet. The US is well known for being significantly behind the world (particularly Europe and Asia) in usage, services, and general outlook on mobiles. No wonder iPhone was such a wet dream for all of you ;-) If you consider mobile web access (whether sites are built for mobile or not) in a lot of countries mobile access exceeds fixed line access or is drawing near to it. As TV out (wired or wireless) becomes a regular fixture on phones, they will increasingly become used for … well, just about everything. Already on an N95 (or N82 etc) you have full office suites, games to rival the Playstation 1 or better, full internet browsers, you name it.

If you’re in the US try popping over to other developed countries, and see what you’re missing out on in mobile!

As some or most of you already know, desktop analytics dont work with mobile browsers, leaving developers to fly blind or resort to messy and inaccurate log file analysis.

Amethon Mobile Portal Analytics is an application designed to work specifically with mobile browser interactions.

Of course not knowing this wont hurt your application but flying blind is foolish, plus being able to provide accurate information increases your ability to monetise your application to the fullest and make sure that website visitors are using your content rather than just hoping they seeing what you think they are seeing.

Cheers,
Dean.Collins@amethon.com

Personally I believe that mobile phones will replace computers entirely. In 15-20 years you will put your “mobile phone” next to any monitor and it will automatically connect to the monitor. It could also connect to a wireless keyboard and mouse. Then you’d have the same comfortability you have in front of a computer today while keeping the functionality on a device that you can bring with you at all times.

America is staying behind with mobile technology. But America, my friends, is not the world.

We’re not missing technology, we’re missing the services.