Interview with Norbert Grey from DotMobi

domainer111 · 02-22-2008, 04:48 PM

Quoting:

"It is natural for people to be sceptical of anything new but, as always, the early adopters led the way when they first used the mobile for checking email – now people buy music, watch video and read the news."

The interview from siliconrepublic.com:-

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/...id=single10338

accent · 02-22-2008, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Norbert_Grey

{Is DotMobi just about domain registration?}
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/435929-interview-with-norbert-grey-from-dotmobi.html
Not at all – we are conducting a lot of primary research at the moment. We are trying to build the mobile internet ecosystem and a lot of cutting-edge research on this is happening in Dublin.

Truly nice to hear that.

Also liked the part about mobile growing slowly for a while then suddenly exploding. That certainly is a function of technology and price - once people can do really cool stuff and not pay a lot for it then they will come.

binaryman · 02-23-2008, 02:07 AM

Old rehashed news. BMW and Rolls-Royce have had their sites up a long time ago yet keep on being touted as if it's mindboggling news that indicates how .mobi is growing in popularity. Things are a bit stagnant as of late if you ask me. Also the 800.000 domains sold so far wont remain 800,000 for much longer as renewals for the initial 2 year regs come up. A lot of .mobi's will be dropped which will bring the total amount of .mobi regs down significantly.
Still, I hope .mobi becomes a big success.

accent · 02-23-2008, 05:42 AM

You are right about the drops - this is the second time I have seen a mTLD rep use the talking point that they are about to hit a million. Well firstly, a million is not a lot as these things go and secondly, come October/November the junk regs will come back home.

Keith · 02-23-2008, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by accentnepal

You are right about the drops - this is the second time I have seen a mTLD rep use the talking point that they are about to hit a million. Well firstly, a million is not a lot as these things go and secondly, come October/November the junk regs will come back home.

Maybe lower renewal fees would lead to less drops

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=435929
Also, it is really only a matter of time before mobi regs go
through the roof. Why...because once this becomes mainstream
everybody will want in on the action!

Pred · 02-23-2008, 07:19 AM

accent · 02-24-2008, 04:09 AM

Originally Posted by keithmt

Maybe lower renewal fees would lead to less drops

So true.

Originally Posted by keithmt

Also, it is really only a matter of time before mobi regs go
through the roof. Why...because once this becomes mainstream
everybody will want in on the action!

Yes, but a matter of how much time? The idea of growing slowly then exploding as the article said ... the technology / price ratio is not there yet to interest the masses. There is not something really cool that you can do a lot of on the mobile internet yet. I read somewhere that a new innovation needs to be 10X better than the old to really take off. Mobile is not there yet, and it could be several years.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=435929

The gap of time between now and take-off is opportuntity for mTLD to position .mobi as the extension for mobile, for domainers to stake their claims on their choice domains and for developers to get ready.

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