.mobi Internet grew exponentially - Same for .Mobi??

[etimms]

The internet back in the .com days started small and grew exponentially to where we are today. Will .Mobi and the internet on cell phones start small and grow the same way? How can .Mobi take advantage of exponential growth?

 

[scandiman]

How can .Mobi take advantage of exponential growth?

Develop .mobi sites. No dev = no future IMO. Back to work now....

 

[hedgefund]

Agreed. The development is the key. I have another 100 names I plan to develop.

 

[circa1850]

The internet back in the .com days started small and grew exponentially to where we are today. Will .Mobi and the internet on cell phones start small and grow the same way? How can .Mobi take advantage of exponential growth?

Currently est. 3.5-4 billion cellular phones in use globally. Estimates put at 7 billion by 2010.

There is the future of the internet...right in the palm of your hands.

 

[allnicksgone]

The internet on mobile devices will undoubtably grow exponentially. Dot mobi, maybe, maybe not.

 

[bricio]

yes, i think that internet on cell phones will gorw exponentially as well, its increase will be higher than the .com when .com begun (comparing both)... thats because of the numbers of cell phones that we have in the world and also because the costs r going lower and lower everyday
im not saying that .mobi will be #1 one day nobody knows if it can happen or not, im comparing their growth
i agree w scandiman -> develop is the key

 

[oxford11]

Let's get to developing!!!

 

[thebiffenator]

Without Developement there is no Content, Without Content there is no Enduser, and without no Enduser then.......

-Thebiffenator

 

[garrett200]

Internet grew exponentially - Same for .Mobi??????

Yes, I think moreso with the mobile internet. Just the sheer number of cellphones out there tells me that when costs come down, the mobile internet will be bigger than the PC internet.

There are so many countries where people have cells, but no computer at home.

I would even go out on a limb and say that if .mobi takes off as an extension, it will eventually be bigger than .com. Eventually....

 

[DN]

As I said before it's only the beginning for mobi's, it's like .com's in 90's.
It seems that .mobi's now is the future mobile dotcoms.
Internet becomes more wireless! © :talk:

 

[nrmillions]

The internet on mobile devices will undoubtably grow exponentially. Dot mobi, maybe, maybe not.

exactly right, but if you have fully developed good .mobi sites then you can still make a fortune whether .mobi takes off or not though. Just like del.icio.us and last.fm and many others.

 

[-REECE-]

Currently est. 3.5-4 billion cellular phones in use globally. Estimates put at 7 billion by 2010.

There is the future of the internet...right in the palm of your hands.

I think their estimates are way, way out of line with reality if attempting to convey meaningful data via total cell phones in use.

I'd imagine 1.5-2B cell phones users would be much more accurate depiction of the worldwide demand for cell phones, keeping in mind that many people have 2 phones (business/personal), may have contracts they forgot to cancel, ...

Internet grew exponentially - Same for .Mobi??????

Yes, I think moreso with the mobile internet. Just the sheer number of cellphones out there tells me that when costs come down, the mobile internet will be bigger than the PC internet.

There are so many countries where people have cells, but no computer at home.

I would even go out on a limb and say that if .mobi takes off as an extension, it will eventually be bigger than .com. Eventually....

As for the mobile web being huge, I'd have to agree. There really is no reason anyone wouldn't want to browse the mobile web (albeit perhaps for different reasons than the internet we know today), provided the costs associated with it are affordable -- something which they are not in many parts of the world today.

In a lot of ways, adoption of the mobile web depends on the exponential decrease in bandwidth charges worldwide. Only when technology (Wimax, increased fiber optics performance, satellite technology, etc?) prohibits these greedy carriers from overcharging citizens, will the mobile web realize what we all have come to believe.

This is still several years away IMO. And when it does arrive, it may have to compete with other technologies whose goal is to render .mobi truly unnecessary (Opera is a pathetic example, relative to what the future will see brought forth). Will .mobi succeed? It already has IMO. Will .mobi supersede .com or meet the expectations of Namepros most optimistic .mobi forum members? I doubt it, although only with time will we have a definitive answer :blink:

 

[Jeff]

If there's a useful and robust .MOBI "ecosystem" for those who are "on the go", then it will have its niche inside of the burgeoning Mobile Web. Absent this, the .MOBI future is far more more uncertain ... and even while there is still a burgeoning "Mobile Web"! :gl: :imho:

Develop unique and compelling .MOBI content that folks can / will want to use while "on the go"! :yell:
All the best!
-Jeff

 

[abdussamad]

Doesn't Internet on the mobile suck? The screens are too small

 

[scandiman]

Doesn't Internet on the mobile suck? The screens are too small

That's why there is .mobi :talk:

 

[circa1850]

I think their estimates are way, way out of line with reality if attempting to convey meaningful data via total cell phones in use.

Those estimates are provided by cell phone companies and reflect current number of subscribers. Future estimates are based on number of units shipped per quarter by data compiled from all cell phone manufacturers. Those numbers are not from me.

Considering a population of over 250mil in us, nearly 1.5 billion in China, nearly 1 billion in India (we're talking just three countries here) and if only one third of those figures had phones right there is nearly 1 billion. Add the 500 million cell phones in the middle east with the Arabic speaking countries, an estimated 250 million cell phones in Africa with and estimated 500 million additional units selling to Africa this year alone (the fastest growing segment by far), and we have not even touched on the rest of the world.

If I had time I am sure I can dig up those links. But anyone can do it.

So no...those numbers are not way, way out of line.

 

[hedgefund]

Doesn't Internet on the mobile suck? The screens are too small

In Japan and S. Korea, the use of mobile internet has already surpassed the the fixed line internet browsing. What do you think the rest of the world will do for the next five to ten years?

Mobile internet is growing like a fire whether you like it or not. Fixed line internet will be replaced by mobile internet, imho.

 

[scandiman]

In Japan and S. Koera, the use of mobile internet has already surpassed the the fixed line internet browsing. What do you think the rest of the world will do for the next five to ten years?

Mobile internet is growing like a fire whether you like it or not. Fixed line internet will be replaced by mobile internet, imho.

And to think I once thought mobile internet was having a 200 foot network cable for my laptop.

 

[circa1850]

Doesn't Internet on the mobile suck? The screens are too small

Carrying a laptop in your car, on the bus, in the subway, on the street, hiking, camping, kayaking, walking the dogs, making out with your significant other when your REAL significant other is trying to find you, on the plane, at the movie theatre, in church, at a funeral or wake, in New Orleans at Mardi Gras, at the superbowl, at a concert, paying for the wireless air card...that sucks.

Carrying something that is in your pocket, has a camera, can surf the internet, signals are almost anywhere, and you can do all that and talk on it...that's swell!

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In Japan and S. Koera, the use of mobile internet has already surpassed the the fixed line internet browsing. What do you think the rest of the world will do for the next five to ten years?

Mobile internet is growing like a fire whether you like it or not. Fixed line internet will be replaced by mobile internet, imho.

And just what does Japan and Korea, home of some of the most technologically advanced computer, cellular, and microprocessing components, as well as home to some of the most tech savvy consumers know about mobile phones and a mobile internet?

And tell me why you insist on leaving out China, Taiwan, and India in this conversation?

Geez, some people!

 

[hedgefund]

I remember a Sony executive once said that it is not about big screen vs small screen, it is about having a screen vs no screen at all.

With cellphones/pdas, you connect to the world any time, any where with a screen even though it may be small but better than nothing.