.mobi Iphone marks the birth of .MOBI

[jeremyp]

Today we witnessed the birth of .MOBI.

The Iphone represents the single biggest positive SPARK in .MOBI news since the landrush.

My MOBI is the next ORG philosophy and prediction is going to occur faster than I ever imagined. My 5 year timeline is now 2 years.

WHAT MOBI ISN'T:
- MOBI is not a technological breakthrough.
- MOBI is not a solution to easily surfing the mobile web.
- MOBI is not the birth of the mobile web.

WHAT MOBI IS:
- MOBI is an outstanding global alternate to COM in the mobile space.
- MOBI has some level of awareness.
- MOBI will be utilized to develop cool websites for mobile surfers.
- MOBI is... the next ORG. Just as I predicted.

WHY IS IPHONE THE BIRTH OF MOBI?
Simple. Iphone will stimulate legitimate web development for the phone. As the development occurs, there will be little sparks of MOBI usage... both from people putting up personal sites with a memorable URL (www.eric.mobi - versus - www.ericjohntowskijr.com) as well as startups who are bootstrapped to pay for a great COM name.

IF you are watching for big relationship announcements from major companies regarding MOBI touting the technological benefits of MOBI, keep waiting.

IF you are waiting to hear about the birth of the mobile web, where MOBI will be a tremendous alternative to COM, then today is historic.

We have just witnessed something spectacular...

The birth of the mobile web.

The birth of MOBI.

Sincerely,
Jeremy Padawer

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BELOW YOU WILL FIND MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE "MOBI IS THE NEXT ORG."

IS MOBI THE NEXT .COM?

No.

I believe that MOBI does have a positioning and mission statement that rings more true than .TV, .BIZ, .INFO and a host of other extensions. This positioning has a chance to be adopted, whether a need for the standard exists or not... much like ORG.

Ask your non-domainer friends and family about .ORG. What is it? "Oh, it's the extension for organizations." This is likely the answer you'll get. Did there really need to be a .ORG? No. Does it have a mission statement that was adopted. Yes. Where is that mission statement? Simple... it's .ORG. That's the entire mission statement.

Now ask your family or friends about .NET. "Networks?" The response will be more in the form of a question. Consumers aren't sure.

In my mind, a simple positioning statement that was adopted by the masses has permeated society and has achieved an incremental value over NET.

.MOBI has the benefit of being marketed 1st in the mobile marketplace with 300,000 registrations, a bit of development, some ink behind it in PR and a registry that is at least good at selling and strategy.

.MOBI will see some success because it will be perceived as a relatively decent option to COM in the mobile space.

This is an alternative view to those saying success will be born from the programming standard and consistency in web surfing in that standard brings. This is a nice element. And, as long as it sucks to surf the mobile web from a bandwidth perspective, MOBI has a chance from a consumer adoption due to technology aspects as well.

For those of you who are tech saavy - truly know all the alternatives in terms of mobile - the technology aspect is simply not as compelling.

Ultimately, in order for MOBI to drive more than speculative value, the fundamentals must be there. There must be cash flow from traffic driven by consumer awareness and habits based upon real marketed MOBI sites.

I believe this will happen in time.

When we view domain name sales in 2012, the MOBI value has the potential to look something like ORG.

So for the people slamming MOBI, you could be proved correct. It will take a while to know for sure. In the meantime, if it does work, it could actually work quite well.

Truth is that there is very little development on mobile web right now. So, anyone claiming victory or defeat makes me zone out.

For the people adoring MOBI, you have something in common with the current US administration. Remember when US invaded IRAQ and in the first 48 hours practically declared victory? That's what's happening here. You're looking at a landscape that appears promising. Well, we're 4 years into the IRAQ conflict...

My belief is that MOBI will prove itself out much like a popular country code or like .ORG. It will find a solid niche. It will not likely return the level of cashflow that a .COM, unless there is absolute adoption of MOBI as the standard. This isn't likely to happen because the technology exists to make .COM adaptable to mobile.

When .MOBI does become a nice alternative to COM and ultilized on the mobile space, the best MOBI names will be very much sought after as they will drive some traffic and be great for search results.

Remember this, .ORG, .NET, .EU, .DE premiere names bring a tremendous premium.

I believe that MOBI will be a top-5 extension.

In the meantime, I wouldn't overestimate the success of MOBI as the new COM.

There is no new COM.

There could very well be a new ORG.

And, in the very slim possibility that MOBI does become the #1 mobile domain name, or a strong mobile alternative, this does nothing to knock COM from the perch of King.

(c) Jeremy Padawer 2006

 

[seanboy]

On a different subject, its like WWIII at the "other" forum right now. I swear, people that don't like .mobi really don't like .mobi. It's getting ridiculous. I wish these bashing a**holes would leave us the hell alone..

 

[mejcdj]

On a different subject, its like WWIII at the "other" forum right now. I swear, people that don't like .mobi really don't like .mobi. It's getting ridiculous. I wish these bashing a**holes would leave us the hell alone..

I do not mention the word .mobi anywhere but here. I am tired of the negativity.
I cant tell if they are jealous, scared, outraged or stupid.

 

[iNod]

Apple has never gone down much on there products.. What they release them as is what they go for until they stop selling usually..

Other as in non namepros right? You can't blame them for saying that stuff.. One guy does it and they will all make fun of .mobi OH MY A CEO! Woopie doo.. I know tons of CEO's who have been wrong many times

- Steve

 

[thebiffenator]

Like Jermey said to start this forum up,

This is the start of .mobi and the mobile web. IMHO apple's iphone can not hurt but only help .mobi get to great start. If anything there is going to be a very, very high competition between "the mobile internet as we know it" I'm surprized that Trump is not involved (just kidden... but I loved when Philly denied Trump's casino plan by the way

Either way the Mobile internet is gona launch very soon and is gona be very huge. And once again I have a feeling it will be a "mac vs pc" kind of fight. And guess what ".mobi is in the middle of it!" .mobi is on very solid ground for the mobile internet as we speak. IMHO

 

[nombre]

Now, there will be plenty of people who will pass on the iPhone: people who have no Cingular service where they live (that’s the exclusive carrier); who are disappointed that, as a GSM phone, the cellular Internet service is slow; who find the iPhone too big (though incredibly tiny for what it does, it’s big for a phone); who would prefer typing e-mail with a dedicated thumb keyboard than hunting and pecking with one finger on the iPhone’s on-screen keys; and who consider $500 too much for a phone.

this is an excerpt from david pogue's story at the new york times

note that the "internet service is slow" ..... the phone is "too big" ...typing is done by hunting and pecking with one finger.....this is a real depature from the direction of nokia et al who are going with fast internet, predictive text for fast input and small phones

if you factor in the safari browser, the iphone does not sound very "mobi friendly" ... which doesn't at all mean that it might not really help dot mobi by simply getting people to think of _doing more_ with their phones which would be fine with me

 

[mejcdj]

Apple has never gone down much on there products.. What they release them as is what they go for until they stop selling usually..

Other as in non namepros right? You can't blame them for saying that stuff.. One guy does it and they will all make fun of .mobi OH MY A CEO! Woopie doo.. I know tons of CEO's who have been wrong many times

- Steve

LMAO and they said 'WE' were followers ! :hehe:

 

[RegisterRants]

The Iphone represents the single biggest positive SPARK in .MOBI news since the landrush.

I personally think that the iPhone is not as big a phenomenon as the media makes it seem. One item can not spark an entire revolution in the way we see the Internet. Only a complete movement from the dominance of .COM to a mobile world will complete this. This has already started, but is nowhere near done and is nowhere near its potential. Just my two cents, the balance of my PayPal account after buying those .MOBIs.

 

[movingconcierge]

I just look at the "walkman" market after iPod entered and changed every one's perception of portable music.

I lived through the walkman and don't recall anything near the phenomena that the iPod caused. Maybe they can do it again. Maybe Apple has set the public acceptance of new ideas like Steve-O's gag reflex

I personally think that the iPhone is not as big a phenomenon as the media makes it seem. One item can not spark an entire revolution in the way we see the Internet. Only a complete movement from the dominance of .COM to a mobile world will complete this. This has already started, but is nowhere near done and is nowhere near its potential. Just my two cents, the balance of my PayPal account after buying those .MOBIs.

 

[thebiffenator]

IMHO Sometimes a Spark is all that is needed to start an explosion

 

[scandiman]

I personally think that the iPhone is not as big a phenomenon as the media makes it seem. One item can not spark an entire revolution in the way we see the Internet. Only a complete movement from the dominance of .COM to a mobile world will complete this. This has already started, but is nowhere near done and is nowhere near its potential. Just my two cents, the balance of my PayPal account after buying those .MOBIs.

iPod sure sparked a huge change in the way we interact with music and they were not cheap when they debuted. It wasn't the first and to some isn't the best, but sure is the most successful. I suspect Apple will have sold at least 1/2 a million iPhones by xmas '07.

 

[seanboy]

i wish that we could see what a .mobi site will look like on this phone. I can't wait until June to find out

 

[SKG]

Why do you not believe that the Iphone is the birth of streaming media on the cell phone? Why don't you feel that video and media related names are best suited for .mobi outside of the obvious like weather, stock quotes, etc. I am just posing a sincere question.

 

[scandiman]

Why do you not believe that the Iphone is the birth of streaming media on the cell phone? Why don't you feel that video and media related names are best suited for .mobi outside of the obvious like weather, stock quotes, etc. I am just posing a sincere question.

If the device is up to it, the connection is up to it and the customer wants it then streaming media will be a market. Debating what is "best" is pointless, the customer will decide. Content will still be king, mobile or otherwise.

 

[SKG]

If the device is up to it, the connection is up to it and the customer wants it then streaming media will be a market. Debating what is "best" is pointless, the customer will decide. Content will still be king, mobile or otherwise.

Kind of my point, the customer has decided in many ways and that is the driving force behind IPTV. Streaming Media is coming to phones bigtime and tons of dollars are being spent to make it happen.

 

[movingconcierge]

The bottom line for me is this:

The iPhone is totally beautiful and appealing,
The company, Apple, has proven it's ability to reach new heights time and time again,
The shear use of the iPhone will bring mobile internet use a whole new customer base,
That customer base is very appealing to advertisers,
Those advertisers will find .mobi names at lessor prices than the .com names - better names too.

That is my bottom line. Any comments?

 

[thebiffenator]

From reading that movingconciege...

Apple's move with the iphone will "spark the publics interest in the mobile internet",
Leaving ".mobi with a knock out punch to come" or be a very strong contender in the mobile internet industry! IMHO

 

[Mike]

ipod revolutionized an entire industry, created an unbelievable stream of customers, follower and copy cats. it's a different story with the cell phones. there are already tons of smart phones out there. Blackberry and treo continue to have a strong hold on the market, if apple wants to enter the smart phone market i wonder about the true learning curve to handle their phone, the price tag is the next question, being tied to currently only cingular is probably not the best move either. If apple manages to create another consumer hype as they did with the ipod, even though they are NOT revolutionizing/overhauling and entire industry, then they have another legitimate shot at being the superstars, until then, they've just released "another" phone.

The thin combo device has a multitouch-screen, scrolling navigation and a 2-megapixel camera, as well as the iPod music and video player and phone. It runs Mac OS X and will let people send e-mail and check the Web at the same time as they're on a call. The quad-band GSM/EDGE device, which can also switch to Wi-Fi networks, will be offered in partnership with carrier Cingular in the U.S. starting in June at a price of $499 for a 4GB model, with a two-year contract, and $599 for an 8GB model. It is expected to ship in Europe in the fourth quarter and in Asia in 2008.

The main improvement is the storage space, but other than that, nothing that takes my breath away. The HP6900 series has all the same AND built in GPS and is windows based. Treo 700 p or WX offers the same, Blackjack, Blackberries, you name it. In this case Apple is not exactly offering something that should make heads turn. Not to mention that its still an apple based OS while the majority of people are using MS based OS which includes the latest releases of smartphones with the exception of the Palm and Blackberries.

Is it going to be enough to spark the .mobi domains to take off? I highly doubt it, but as always,..it's just :imho:

 

[SKG]

The bottom line for me is this:

The iPhone is totally beautiful and appealing,
The company, Apple, has proven it's ability to reach new heights time and time again,
The shear use of the iPhone will bring mobile internet use a whole new customer base,
That customer base is very appealing to advertisers,
Those advertisers will find .mobi names at lessor prices than the .com names - better names too.

That is my bottom line. Any comments?

Tim, I do agree with what you are saying. I guess I am not explaining what I mean correctly. I am trying to say is that the Iphone is just another phone with some cool features, yet it is a start to something that is underway. It does not give birth to .mobi .MOBI will exist wit h or without the Iphone. IMO, what can and will give birth to .mobi is the the multiple uses and various forms of domain names to reg that will arise as powerful streaming media appliances (in the form of mobile phones) enter into the market. Names like SportsTV.mobi, etc that everyone is overlooking on different forums. If you do a search however for keyword media type names you will see that they are regged but not all are and people can still find some gems. To me Birth is big and the biggest thing around the corner is watching shows and live feeds on you phone/pda/handheld and conferencing.

 

[gamehouse]

Very well put. Ipod and Iphone play in different domains. Glossy and beautiful are good to see from far, than to use as a regular cell phone. I am all for apple, I just got my beautiful macbook three days ago. Its awesome and just like an ipod, I had to get a sleeve for it. Now I hate sleeves on my cellphones especially when its a touch based. Early adopters will buy them in bunches (My K790a from Sony is equally expensive for that matter), but the same early adopters, who are technology enthusiasts, will complain at every little quirk, such as not being able to play games for example.

While I am sure that .mobi takes off, especially for those generic terms and niche related names such as video based, entertainment based, the birth of iphone is not a spark, imo. It is just another beautiful phone on the market. Well, there are memory cards available for all kinds of phones now a days. And they play music too.

I think .mobi's success has to come from inside out rather than outside in. Well, every little thing might help in any case.

GH

ipod revolutionized an entire industry, created an unbelievable stream of customers, follower and copy cats. it's a different story with the cell phones. there are already tons of smart phones out there. Blackberry and treo continue to have a strong hold on the market, if apple wants to enter the smart phone market i wonder about the true learning curve to handle their phone, the price tag is the next question, being tied to currently only cingular is probably not the best move either. If apple manages to create another consumer hype as they did with the ipod, even though they are NOT revolutionizing/overhauling and entire industry, then they have another legitimate shot at being the superstars, until then, they've just released "another" phone.



The main improvement is the storage space, but other than that, nothing that takes my breath away. The HP6900 series has all the same AND built in GPS and is windows based. Treo 700 p or WX offers the same, Blackjack, Blackberries, you name it. In this case Apple is not exactly offering something that should make heads turn. Not to mention that its still an apple based OS while the majority of people are using MS based OS which includes the latest releases of smartphones with the exception of the Palm and Blackberries.

Is it going to be enough to spark the .mobi domains to take off? I highly doubt it, but as always,..it's just :imho:

 

[movingconcierge]

I understand. It's philosophy 101 - sufficient, but not necessary.

.mobi growth will be a happy coincidence to the iPhone. It will be the celebrity status of the Apple iPhone that will draw in mobile net surfers. That will be the first domino to fall...

People already know that you can go online on your mobile phone. What I speculate that the iPhone will do is make it cool to do so. Once that demo starts spending time mobile surfing, advertisers will clamor to get to them. That means mobile development. That has to have a positive effect on the .mobi TLD.