Or... to put this another way, who's gonna find m.gmail.com on their mobile if everyone is looking for a mobi?
This is exactly the point... Consolidation and Standardization.
On your desktop, you can type ext to your heart's content. Use a multitide of search sites, flip through pages... on and on.
The diversity of websites is overwhelming!
Not really, but it would be on a mobile.
The point of mobi is to reduce all the variables to one standard applicable to the mobile.
And yes, I do believe it's the future of mobi to be the default for portables... but I think the plot is deeper than that. I think that under the guise of "being compliant" many emerging content providers, search engines and pre-programmed software (shortcuts, ads, hotkeys, soft keys, etc) will be RESTRICTED to mobi websites. Which means that the vast advertising platform they are creating for Portables will perfer (if not exclusively) accept mobi sites over other dots.
THAT'S when the "real" landrush will happen. People/Companies will panic as they realize that this entire niche market was built specifically for mobi.
But... then.... isn't that what they've been saying all along?
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