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Nothing groundbreaking, but thought I would post it anyways...

January 09, 2007
dotMobi At CES

I am currently at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES was first held in 1967 with 200 television and radio manufacturers showcasing their products. What a long way it has come -- it's now the world's largest annual consumer technology event with over 2,700 exhibitors covering over 1.7 million square feet of space. You cannot get a sense of how big this show is without actually being here.

CES used to be about consumer electronic gadgets of all kinds, but things have changed somewhat. The overriding theme is about the gadgets that deliver content, and gadgets that are integrated so that content traditionally meant to be delivered say by your PC is now on your mobile phone or TV.

This means mobile phones that can stream satellite radio, play MP3s, browse the Internet, and (oh, BTW) place a phone call. Its about huge 108-inch flat panel TVs that can access movies, music, and photos from your PC. There were TVs debuted from HP that can access your music library and photos direct from your PC as well as download movie clips. Samsung's huge booth, showcased a variety of mobile phones that could double as your music player, digital camera and Internet access.

The only thing I missed was seeing the new Apple iPhone. Too bad since the theme of device and content integration would have suited them quite well. Of course, they were at the MacWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco.

We were represented by our CEO Neil yesterday at the CES Panel: "Mobile Commerce and Content: The Mobile Web, Off Deck Content, Mobile Search and Advertising Options." The others on the panel were:

* Larry Shapiro, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Operations, Walt Disney Internet Group;
* Eric Harber, VP of Corporate and Business Development, Qpass;
* Brian Dunphy, Senior Director of Brand & Affinity Relations, QUALCOMM Internet Services (QIS);
* Lee Hancock, Chief Executive Officer and founder, go2; and
* Tammy Franklin, Vice President, Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System.

One of the interesting issues that were brought up had to do with the difficulty for content providers who have to tailor "on deck" content for a variety of mobile operators, who each have a different set of "standards" for displaying the content. This of course is exactly the issue that we solve, namely one set of interoperable standards that are industry-backed and which enable any content provider to go mobile.

Tammy Franklin made a particularly notable comment in response to the difficulties of monetizing content, namely advertising. It was a quiet comment, but very wise: "Before we worry about monetizing, its important to grow the industry."

In other words, lets grow the available mobile content, make it compelling enough so warrant traffic from end users, then lets figure out how best to monetize it.

Couldn't agree more...

I agree, development is key at this stage.

 

[mtvplayer]

weblog =blog,
video weblog = vlog,
i guess mobile weblog could = mlog
what do you think?

 

[pros]

mblog I think, or Mb

 

[hawkeye]

weblog =blog,
video weblog = vlog,
i guess mobile weblog could = mlog
what do you think?

or it could = mobiblog, and mobivlog!

 

[SKG]

weblog =blog,
video weblog = vlog,
i guess mobile weblog could = mlog
what do you think?

Cool, I regged mlogs.mobi awhile back based on the same thinking.