scandiman said:
Nothing in the mobi standards addresses the method of connecting to the internet, it is basically only about a set of coding standards for small screens and the resulting brand value.
You are exactly right and that is why many companies are willing to embrace it.
There is now a recognized need for dual formats of internet usage...a standard size as we know it being .com, .net, etc. And now the .mobi. The telecommunication giants (Verizon, Vodaphone) and cell phone makers and portable devices (samsung, sony, motorola) are the driving force behind this as they see the value added services to the end user.
The only way to escape this is for a standard website to offer a mobi compliant link on their site. But studies have shown that if users have to go to one site to get to another site and keep clicking and pecking their potential customer leaves along with the possible sale.
I believe in the internet and the capabilities and opportunities it brings. But I also now see the duality that is necessary to bring that same internet into a user format that the Big Boys want and the end user (the customer) wants and demands...portability, convenience, easability in use, and mobility. That is our society.
Even the telecomm and wireless companies have admitted they have neglected this market for too long. I was reading this morning that they (the wireless providers and communications giants) are now in agreement to band together to accelerate this modality before the likes of Google or Yahoo beat them to it. They now view their competition as not being themselves but the very industry leaders and search engine powers of the internet.
I'll do my best to find this link and post it. It has to do with the 3gsm summit in Spain going on or just finishing up.
Hey, I'll always look for a deal on the .com side of things. I don't want a handheld in my home to work on. But I will also monitor trends, technology news, check in on these forums, and continually educate myself on where the next market will be and who is doing what.
It may come as a surprise to most that even with 3000+/- domain names, I don't consider myself a squatter as I see the potential for developement in each and every one I own. I only have a few web sites up, I've parked most, redirected a few, and have even forwarded some to friends sites to boost their viewership.
I believe that what ever we can discuss and absorb, whether in agreement or not all the time, is worthwhile and hopefully a learning experience.
Does anyone think for one moment that I am going to dump my .com, net, info, and org and .us? Not a chance.
Does that mean I'm gonna go out an reg everything that comes along and every damn word and extension? Never.
Do I see opportunity to reach new markets elsewhere? Absolutely. Is .mobi one of them? Beyond a doubt. Is IDN one of them? Unquestionably.
In two months time, I have learned so much and taken away so much from these forums. I have gotten into chinese IDN, I have gotten into .mobi, I have learned Joomla, I am still learning Joomla and will learn Ruby programming. I won't sit still and I won't sit on my domain names forever.
There is opportunity to be had and markets to explore and ground breaking technology and capabilities on the near horizon. I want to be part of that and I do not want to say no to anything. I will explore, educate myself, debate amongst a few associates, and then when I have all the facts I will make a decision. Right or wrong, I'll make the decision for me that I feel is best for me at that very moment. I don't walk through life with blinders on or have tunnel vision.
I am in my 50's, have seen so much and done so much and been to so many places on this planet. I am perhaps a rare breed who finds the new techonology not only fascinating but enlightening and convenient. I am not a programmer and don't consider myself a geek. I am a former military person, advertising exec, and now in the medical profession. I guess with that varied backgrounds you can't go through life with tunnel vision. The term "blinders" comes from those panels that used to be mounted on horses near their eyes so they could not look to the left or the right and be distracted. And I am certainly not saying you or anyone else here is that way. I am merely pointing out that had I been that way, I would have missed so much.
But I see promise and a future in what we are discussing but most I see a need for this mobi format and a massive push to get it to market. I did not buy into it during the sunrise phase and late 2006. I did not believe in it then but I see the need for it. I got burned on the .eu fiasco and was reluctant to get into any new extension.
This is different. Give it a chance. I think the can and will co-exist very successfully as each will fill a need and a void.
. Look at the tremendous end user potential... very ironic that LLL.org is quite low compared to .net, although .org IMO has much more end users.
