.mobi Shot down iphone on local radio station!!

[Keith]

My local radio station was taking callers this morning in regards to the iphone release. I think they were expecting people in favor of buying the product to call in. They took my call and I told them that I thought it would be a bust :hehe: . I also managed to get a plug in for .mobi and mentioned the fact that the iphone would be to slow and complicated when accessing the web. I hope many people were listening on the morning drive to work!

keithmt

 

[GeoOwners]

nice job...you should be mobi person of the week

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[Keith]

nice job...you should be mobi person of the week

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Just trying to get the word out there.

keithmt

 

[scandiman]

Considering the iPhone will likely be a great catalyst for mobile internet use, I'd suggest the opposite reaction to it's arrival.

 

[Keith]

Considering the iPhone will likely be a great catalyst for mobile internet use, I'd suggest the opposite reaction to it's arrival.

It's weird because I was trying to simply state that iphone would not offer the mobile web at its finest. I do however see your point and feel the same way. After a few callers the dj said it was definatly divided as to the lovers and haters of the product. Rock on mobi!!

P.S. I certainly wasnt going to say I love the iphone and cant wait to get one :hehe:
keithmt

 

[Jeff]

Considering the iPhone will likely be a great catalyst for mobile internet use, I'd suggest the opposite reaction to it's arrival.

^ Exactly what I was thinking, though I was almost afraid to say it! :red: :D

Keith, how did they react / comment / discuss once the .MOBI was mentioned? :talk:
Thanks much for the post.
-Jeff

 

[Keith]

^ Exactly what I was thinking, though I was almost afraid to say it! :red: :D

Keith, how did they react / comment / discuss once the .MOBI was mentioned? :talk:
Thanks much for the post.
-Jeff

You know there is only 30 seconds or so to talk on air and I think it went over their heads. The plug to me was important though and hopefully a few listeners caught on to my comments.

keithmt

 

[Jeff]

You know there is only 30 seconds or so to talk on air and I think it went over their heads. The plug to me was important though and hopefully a few listeners caught on to my comments.

Good plug, IMHO. :music:

See you soon.
-Jeff

 

[namewaiter]

i was just listening to the radio and they were also talking the iphone ... most callers said 'no way' will they go out and spend that type of money, one even said it will be out dated in 9 months, so why even bother... should be interesting to see how it does

 

[RJ]

I still don't understand why the iPhone would be considered a bad thing for DotMobi. Any movement that brings more people onto the mobile internet will only serve to increase the potential market for MOBI.

Is is that the iPhone is capable of more advanced graphics and a bigger screen size than than existing MOBI sites are designed for? Great, go with the flow and have your MOBI site detect the iPhone can serve a scaled up version of your site! It could be a whole new market for MOBI.

RJ

 

[Keith]

I still don't understand why the iPhone would be considered a bad thing for DotMobi. Any movement that brings more people onto the mobile internet will only serve to increase the potential market for MOBI.

Is is that the iPhone is capable of more advanced graphics and a bigger screen size than than existing MOBI sites are designed for? Great, go with the flow and have your MOBI site detect the iPhone can serve a scaled up version of your site! It could be a whole new market for MOBI.

RJ

It's not that the iphone is bad, but that phones accessing the web via .mobi are so much better. Apple is making iphone out to be the end all and must have when it comes to web navigation. They must be confused?

keithmt

 

[gou]

It's not that the iphone is bad, but that phones accessing the web via .mobi are so much better. Apple is making iphone out to be the end all and must have when it comes to web navigation. They must be confused?

keithmt

It's too early to make a conclusion like that. Mobile web surfing experience could actually be pleasant on the iPhone. We don't really know for sure yet.
The iPhone should not be viewed as a threat to .mobi either way.

 

[Keith]

It's too early to make a conclusion like that. Mobile web surfing experience could actually pleasant on the iPhone. We don't really know for sure yet.
The iPhone should not be viewed as a threat to .mobi either way.

We dont know how surfing is from actually holding the phone and doing it. The commercial sheds some light though as to the experience. Zoom Scroll, Zoom Scroll, Zoom Scroll, man I'm dizzy :hehe: .

keithmt

 

[seanboy]

I still don't understand why the iPhone would be considered a bad thing for DotMobi. Any movement that brings more people onto the mobile internet will only serve to increase the potential market for MOBI.

Is is that the iPhone is capable of more advanced graphics and a bigger screen size than than existing MOBI sites are designed for? Great, go with the flow and have your MOBI site detect the iPhone can serve a scaled up version of your site! It could be a whole new market for MOBI.

RJ

I agree

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

I think mainly, we want people very very very used to browsing the internet on their mobile devices. However it comes about, that is first on the agenda. Once that is the trend, people will have to have it, and have it FAST. Instant gratification. If the browsing is slow and not easy to work with (all that scrolling, ugh), then that's when dotmobi sites will become the absolute preferred way to surf on the go. The big businesses know this, and they will want a big piece of that action. When big business steps aboard, the dotmobi will propogate itself very quickly. The internet is still new, as so many people have pointed out on this board, and there will be many changes that happen, probably more quickly than some may think.

 

[circa1850]

I still don't understand why the iPhone would be considered a bad thing for DotMobi. Any movement that brings more people onto the mobile internet will only serve to increase the potential market for MOBI.

Is is that the iPhone is capable of more advanced graphics and a bigger screen size than than existing MOBI sites are designed for? Great, go with the flow and have your MOBI site detect the iPhone can serve a scaled up version of your site! It could be a whole new market for MOBI.

RJ

I don't think the iPhone is a bad thing for mobi. The iPhone is hyped beyond anything that has come out in quite some time.

The anti-iPhone sentiment comes from all of those that proclaimed the iPhone was going to be the death to .mobi based on a commercial making an inference that the .mobi was a "water downed" version of the internet.

It is those comments made by members and the commercial that has incited all this fuss. The reality is a product that may not be all that it claimed it is. And initially Steve Jobs and Apple said that this was essentially a "closed box" meaning this was totally Apple's applications and no one would have access to it.

But that story changed as soon as those that were testing it and reporting on it in major tech mags and blogspots did not give it such high praise due to lack of performance and features.

It was only a couple of weeks ago that Apple came out and announced that they would open it up to third party applications. That is good news for those that can tweak it and write programming for it to be more efficient and speedier on the fly...ala .mobi.

This is essentially a fancy iPod/iPhone. It has very limited battery life. Recent reports that I had been reading (as recent as today) relate that using this as a media player (iTunes subscription required), and as a telephone, and as a portable web device will zap the life out of the battery in less than 6 hours. How many people are going to be carrying their chargers with them?

The difference in scrolling a full blown dot com site vs. a .mobi site with equally good content is the difference between night and day. Fast, less time consuming, less power.

So yes, if the iPhone brings about a greater awareness to the mobi(le) internet that is a good thing. And if people start writing in some codes and programming to enhance the iPhone to perform better and even greater with the .mobi, then that is even better.

No. The iPhone is not the final nail in the coffin of the .mobi. And the .mobi is not going to spell the doom of the iPhone or the .com.

One will be on your desktop.

The other will be in your hand.

 

[RJ]

Ah, alright. I think I found the iPhone ad that is causing the controversy.
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLu5ibbibFM )

But notice all the turning, scrolling and zooming still needed to view a regular site on the iPhone? That would drive me crazy and I'm sure others will agree. It's great the device can offer access to regular websites, but there's still going to be a need for sites specially designed for mobile devices like the iPhone for ease of use. The goals of .MOBI seems to fit that perfectly.

Outside of emulators, my only real means of viewing the mobile internet right now is on my Nintendo DS. It can scroll and zoom on a regular site similar to the iPhone. I'd still rather view a mobi-specific site on it.

Really it's a losing battle to feel threatened by every mobile device that can view regular websites. I say embrace it and see how you can work with it.

RJ

 

[GeoOwners]

I think after rubbing your finger across the screen that many times you wont be able to read it...lol

 

[scandiman]

I think after rubbing your finger across the screen that many times you wont be able to read it...lol

The original design was for scratch resistant plastic but apparently it was still getting messed up so they switched to optical grade glass instead. Plus I hear it will come with a cleaning cloth, as if anyone will carry it. A glass cellphone...better not toss that one on the table.

 

[garrett200]

This could get very interesting. If people don't like the zooming/scrolling/slow upload times, they could start seeking out .mobi in droves for a better browsing experience.

OR, if Apple realizes that people prefer mobile compliant sites vs. .com's, they could consider putting a ".mobi" button on there in version 2. That's wishful thinking, but it could happen if enough people demand it.