Comments on: The mobile web isn’t dead. It’s just starting. http://www.last100.com/2008/04/14/the-mobile-web-isnt-dead-its-just-starting/ Tracking the digital lifestyle Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:39:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Marc P http://www.last100.com/2008/04/14/the-mobile-web-isnt-dead-its-just-starting/#comment-58860 Marc P Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:58:18 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=1736#comment-58860 Personally, I don't want or need my mobile to be "better" or my browser to be "full". I love my Panasonic VS2 phone, its bundled browser, and long screen with easy to use haptic buttons. I read text and images quite easily on this device as long as the information is not clouded by heavy headers and sidebar information. Google Reader Mobile, also does a pretty superb job of parsing this information so it's easier for me to rifle through stories on a smaller device. I use it a *lot*. I also use mobile Twitter and Google Calendar SMS a *lot*. No one seems to have brought up the discussion about our behavioral use: Desktop computers have dictated how we consume digital information not just on the desktop screen, but on other devices as well. I don't think we should be forcing our desktop behaviors into the phone. If anything we should be forcing our mobile behaviors onto our desktops! Personally, I don’t want or need my mobile to be “better” or my browser to be “full”. I love my Panasonic VS2 phone, its bundled browser, and long screen with easy to use haptic buttons. I read text and images quite easily on this device as long as the information is not clouded by heavy headers and sidebar information. Google Reader Mobile, also does a pretty superb job of parsing this information so it’s easier for me to rifle through stories on a smaller device. I use it a *lot*. I also use mobile Twitter and Google Calendar SMS a *lot*.

No one seems to have brought up the discussion about our behavioral use: Desktop computers have dictated how we consume digital information not just on the desktop screen, but on other devices as well. I don’t think we should be forcing our desktop behaviors into the phone. If anything we should be forcing our mobile behaviors onto our desktops!

]]> By: Dean Collins http://www.last100.com/2008/04/14/the-mobile-web-isnt-dead-its-just-starting/#comment-58820 Dean Collins Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:58:53 +0000 http://www.last100.com/?p=1736#comment-58820 Wow - one guy decides that startup life isn’t for him and this is supposed to throw a whole shadow over the industry.....hmmm I don’t think so. I like Russell, I’ve been a long time reader of his blog and an occasional user of his Mowser application. I think the key point here is that...."Mowser was filling a temporary problem”, with the release of the iPhone and the imminent massive model variants of the Android OS on the Horizon and the sure but steady improvements in the Windows Mobile 6 OS I think Russell is throwing in the towel as handsets are getting “good enough to no longer need Mowser”. Now do I think he threw it in too early with only 12 months operation - sure but thats because I’m a serial startup entrepreneur with 2 listed companies under my belt. As an employee of http://www.Amethon.com one of the worlds first mobile browser specific analytics applications I for one am seeing huge growth in mobile content. Amethon’s clients are seeing traffic build month on month, and yes I think a lot of that has to do with better quality handsets and better quality browsers and most importantly higher data speeds with somewhat more reasonable flat rate unlimited data plans. With a better user experience more people are finding the convenience of accessing content on the move .....or standing still but getting it right where they are standing with a mobile device never far from their hand .... The best part about this mobile content is the volume of advertising coming into the space is funding a better user experience, and with tools like Amethon Mobile Analytics users analytics information and a solid roi can be demonstrated against this advertising spend. Am I sad to see Mowser go, yes - Will Russell bounce, for sure - one of the smartest pioneers in the mobile business, Do I think USA consumers are a little behind eastern consumer patterns in mobile content consumption - YES but that has more to do with carriers and handsets than personal desires and usage patterns. The mobile space is just taking off, with all the fallouts and successes that there was in the desktop browser wars in the 1990’s. Watch this space and get in early......your customers are waiting. Regards, Dean Collins http://www.Amethon.com Wow – one guy decides that startup life isn’t for him and this is supposed to throw a whole shadow over the industry…..hmmm I don’t think so.

I like Russell, I’ve been a long time reader of his blog and an occasional user of his Mowser application.

I think the key point here is that….”Mowser was filling a temporary problem”, with the release of the iPhone and the imminent massive model variants of the Android OS on the Horizon and the sure but steady improvements in the Windows Mobile 6 OS I think Russell is throwing in the towel as handsets are getting “good enough to no longer need Mowser”.

Now do I think he threw it in too early with only 12 months operation – sure but thats because I’m a serial startup entrepreneur with 2 listed companies under my belt.

As an employee of http://www.Amethon.com one of the worlds first mobile browser specific analytics applications I for one am seeing huge growth in mobile content.

Amethon’s clients are seeing traffic build month on month, and yes I think a lot of that has to do with better quality handsets and better quality browsers and most importantly higher data speeds with somewhat more reasonable flat rate unlimited data plans.

With a better user experience more people are finding the convenience of accessing content on the move …..or standing still but getting it right where they are standing with a mobile device never far from their hand ….

The best part about this mobile content is the volume of advertising coming into the space is funding a better user experience, and with tools like Amethon Mobile Analytics users analytics information and a solid roi can be demonstrated against this advertising spend.

Am I sad to see Mowser go, yes – Will Russell bounce, for sure – one of the smartest pioneers in the mobile business, Do I think USA consumers are a little behind eastern consumer patterns in mobile content consumption – YES but that has more to do with carriers and handsets than personal desires and usage patterns.

The mobile space is just taking off, with all the fallouts and successes that there was in the desktop browser wars in the 1990’s.

Watch this space and get in early……your customers are waiting.

Regards,
Dean Collins
http://www.Amethon.com

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