.mobi Mobile webbrowsers to grow ten times its size in the next five years

[coast]

"Continuing a string of research on the cellphone industry, ABI Research today said in a new report that it expects the use of mobile webbrowsers to grow ten times its size in the next five years. The analysis firm estimates that 76 million copies of browsers were in use by the end of 2007 but that this should grow to 700 million by 2013. The surge is credited to a surge in smartphone use, which is expected to bring full web browsing as well as a greater number of mobile-oriented websites."

The rest of the article is here: http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/04/11/abi.on.mobile.browsers/

 

[DomainTalker]

Excellent news, coast...

If .mobi sites can be on even 10% of those screens - even once per day - in 5 years - just think what that could mean...!!...

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[coast]

It would be great for you DT for sure Let's get that portfolio built, eh?

 

[H-O-V]

The argument to that is that as years go on, phones and browsers will become more powerful and will get closer and closer to desktop browsers, which would then eradicate the need for separate mobile sites. But before that I believe there will be a big peak in mobile browsing on mobile tailored sites.