.mobi .MOBI domains

I, honestly, have never heard of this... Definitely a new concept to me... .Mobi for some reason does not seem like a good extension let alone a very valid one.. Maybe it will take off like .info is starting and even .us... Who knows..

-RageD

It's supposedly for mobile content providers to provide mobile content to mobile device users...

It's in Sunrise right now, meaning only those who have Registered TMs can apply for those domains. I think it's a completely unneccesary extension, but it'll be interesting to see how it does.

.mobi is the next .name

Crap... pure crap.

Moved to: Domain Name Discussion.

The appraisal section is only for names you own.

Thanks.

slipxaway said:

It's supposedly for mobile content providers to provide mobile content to mobile device users...

It's in Sunrise right now, meaning only those who have Registered TMs can apply for those domains. I think it's a completely unneccesary extension, but it'll be interesting to see how it does.

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the sunrise period ends on september 14 ...

briman1970 said:

.mobi is the next .name

Crap... pure crap.

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If you understand the underlying purpose of .mobi, than your opinion would be much different. I wrote a couple articles in my blog about .mobi, check them out in the link in my sig.

-Steve

I like the idea... Its good cause half of the sites u go to on your phone dont work or looked realy mest up.

I would love to be able to build sites just for mobile phones. It's something I plan on looking into in the future. Hopefully it's not too difficult! I think the .mobi will be useful for that alone. As for being a crap extension like the .name...just wait and see if any of the top mobile phone companies use it or advertise it, that may show us if it will "take off" but I think it will be much more popular than the .names. There wasn't really any use for them other than personal sites. You never hear of anyone advertising with the .name extension.

I understand the underlying purpose of .mobi and I still think it's unneccesary. It's just an extension... People act like creating this extension will somehow create a new method for providing mobile content, which is not the case. The technology already exists and the content is already available. .mobi only serves to segregate the Internet by providing device dependant extensions, which breaks down the appeal of the universal nature of the Internet. Companies should spend more time using the available technology to make their current sites detect and deploy mobile specific content to mobile devices, instead of creating a seperate channel in which to do this.

Once the extension catches on, I can see mobile device manufacturers setting .mobi as the default extension for those mobile devices, which in a way will make users think that is the only extension in which they can find mobile content. This will obviously lead to mobile users not getting the full breadth of content available to them, as well as limit the viability of websites in other extensions offering mobile content. I don't really see anything beneficial about this.

The main role of the .mobi domain is to gather users to sites and services specially designed for mobile devices. This tld would mainly appeal to phone operators, service providers and handset manufacturers.

would .mobi be consider for all mobile devices? bcus if its purely for mobile devices... people who own PSP's may take a liking to that

slipxaway said:

Once the extension catches on, I can see mobile device manufacturers setting .mobi as the default extension for those mobile devices, which in a way will make users think that is the only extension in which they can find mobile content. This will obviously lead to mobile users not getting the full breadth of content available to them, as well as limit the viability of websites in other extensions offering mobile content. I don't really see anything beneficial about this.

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As a domainer, you don't see any benefit in owning a tld that is the default of all mobile users?

stscac said:

If you understand the underlying purpose of .mobi, than your opinion would be much different. I wrote a couple articles in my blog about .mobi, check them out in the link in my sig.

-Steve

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very interesting blog article
thanks for sharing :great:

Is there technology in existence which can recognise the type of device being used to access a page and send the appropriate index page to it?

Surely this means that my sites can be sent in html format to a web browser for a fixed terminal IP, but use the alternate page built for mobie devices to any suitable handset?

This isn't rocket science is it? However it would mean that .mobi extensions are pointless. I for one would not want to market and promote another name for a site, when I have already invested in doing this for my .com version. It's in the interests of phone operators to get people using mobile sites, but this won't happen if other people like myself don't relaunch their content with a new extension.

Phronesis said:

As a domainer, you don't see any benefit in owning a tld that is the default of all mobile users?

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Of course I do, but that doesn't negate the fact that the extension is still entirely unneccesary. Just because something has value to a very small segment of people looking to profit, doesn't mean that it is good for the whole of the Internet.

slipxaway said:

Of course I do, but that doesn't negate the fact that the extension is still entirely unneccesary. Just because something has value to a very small segment of people looking to profit, doesn't mean that it is good for the whole of the Internet.

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Agreed. But if its going to happen regardless, better to be on the inside track imo.