Cellphone Browser Defaults for .mobi ??? - Page 2

yoyosean · 12-28-2006, 12:08 PM

i heard it from a key account exec at godaddy, so like i said i dont know if it is a rumor or not, perhaps you can go to a cingular store and check the web address and see if it defaults to mobi.

thinking1 · 12-28-2006, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by yoyosean

i heard it from a key account exec at godaddy, so like i said i dont know if it is a rumor or not, perhaps you can go to a cingular store and check the web address and see if it defaults to mobi.

Those Godaddy reps. I think we know more than them here at the board. I have to get a new cingular phone soon so I will definitely be playing with all of the phones.

nombre · 12-28-2006, 12:16 PM

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Regarding the .mobi extension being default or not, I found the old transcript of the chat with pinky.
Take a look :

http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/26...nd-dotmobi.html

Mejcdj

Mejcdj .... great link

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That touched up on it but it basically left us with no clear answer. MOBI is trying to make the mobi extension a default for cellular browsers but there is no word yet on it if has succeeded with having future phones default to it.

great point, the transcript of that chat reffered to 7 different phone browsers and 7 mobile os's, this makes for chaos

i posted in another thread that the president of opera doesn't like the .mobi domain one damn bit and i bet he won't be defaulting to .mobi in his browser so any phone company that uses his browser in their phones may end up with a default to .com and the .com sites might just do their mobile site with a .com extension using technology to determine what kind of device is calling their page and then send the user to the appropriate mobile page which will completely conform to all the .mobi standards (xhtml,folders etc) but will NOT be a .mobi site ... if that happens a lot then the user will not always be going to .mobi sites to get his web content and .mobi will suffer as a brand

in other words, if i had a nice .com website and i suddenly decided to get into the mobile webspace arena, i can either seek out a whole new .mobi name OR i can just use technology to detect browsers, keep my .com and just direct users to me my mobile site when i detect they are on a mobile phone

IF i want to do that and i find out that phone browsers default to .mobi i would be more inclined to go out and get the .mobi name

does this make sense?

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=31507 newton posted this link a few posts back ... it has the following quote in it

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Edwards also claimed that consumers won't necessarily have to key in the actual characters - .mobi - when visiting a site. That's because browsers from Access, Nokia and Openwave will automatically default to assuming that the user wants the .mobi domain, not the .com site.

bingo, there it is ... so at least 3 browsers will default to .mobi, if the rest get on board then .mobi will be a lot stronger
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/273817-cellphone-browser-defaults-for-mobi.html
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=273817

does anyone have any data on cellphone browser installed base data ? like how many of whose browsers are on how many phones etc ??

izo-pod · 12-28-2006, 02:03 PM

Realistically, I do not believe this will happen. In fact, I'm almost thinking it would be better if the phones didn't default to .mobi. Reason: Every porn operator or gambling outfit would buy up all the generic mobi's turning our property into wasteland....The spam alone would be off the charts. Before you respond to my post.... Think about it. It's exactly what would happen.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=273817

It's better to have a "robust" name-space then an all inclusive one. Dot mobi in my humble opinion will hold it's own once enough high profile sites get out there in the public forum. With the future allocations of dot mobi names (going to developers) it would seem .mobi's future is not dependant on defaulting, but rather these future premium dot mobi owners.

mejcdj · 12-28-2006, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by thinking1

That touched up on it but it basically left us with no clear answer. MOBI is trying to make the mobi extension a default for cellular browsers but there is no word yet on it if has succeeded with having future phones default to it.

Hi Thinking1.

Yes, I didn't mean for it to be an actual answer, but to let them know that we had already asked Pinky about this. I was at work and didn't have time to type much lol. I was sneaking in a post

No one knows if they will make .mobi default yet, but IMO, if they don't push it (the backers) then they won't get the full value of their investment. So, my guess is that it is leaning towards a big yes. But, we will have to wait and see.

Mejcdj

thinking1 · 12-28-2006, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by mejcdj

Hi Thinking1.

Yes, I didn't mean for it to be an actual answer, but to let them know that we had already asked Pinky about this. I was at work and didn't have time to type much lol. I was sneaking in a post

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=273817

No one knows if they will make .mobi default yet, but IMO, if they don't push it (the backers) then they won't get the full value of their investment. So, my guess is that it is leaning towards a big yes. But, we will have to wait and see.

Mejcdj

That's alright. I wish that was the answer. I still want us to retire off of MOBI. That way we won't have to sneak posts in (I was at work aswell when I posted), and our work will be MOBI.

mejcdj · 12-29-2006, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by thinking1

That's alright. I wish that was the answer. I still want us to retire off of MOBI. That way we won't have to sneak posts in (I was at work aswell when I posted), and our work will be MOBI.

I'll drink to that!

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=273817

Mejcdj

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izo-pod NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 312	Realistically, I do not believe this will happen. In fact, I'm almost thinking it would be better if the phones didn't default to .mobi. Reason: Every porn operator or gambling outfit would buy up all the generic mobi's turning our property into wasteland....The spam alone would be off the charts. Before you respond to my post.... Think about it. It's exactly what would happen. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=273817 It's better to have a "robust" name-space then an all inclusive one. Dot mobi in my humble opinion will hold it's own once enough high profile sites get out there in the public forum. With the future allocations of dot mobi names (going to developers) it would seem .mobi's future is not dependant on defaulting, but rather these future premium dot mobi owners.

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