.mobi "Technical innovation is running away from .mobi,"

[binaryman]

The new Internet top level domain ".mobi" went online this week, promising mobile device users a better, more reliable Internet experience with sites ending with the domain designed specifically for the smaller screens and other restraints of handsets.

However, some industry observers claimed the wireless Web -- in the form of faster, more capable mobile networks and devices -- is leaving .mobi behind as the mobile multimedia experience moves ahead.

"Technical innovation is running away from .mobi." "It's a great thing, it's just five years too late." Ovum Vice President of Wireless Telecoms Roger Entner told TechNewsWorld. "Mobile handsets are becoming as powerful as early PCs,"
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/50719.html

And who is Roger Entner?
http://www.ovum.com/go/content/c,432,55893

 

[dag]

However, some industry observers claimed the wireless Web -- in the form of faster, more capable mobile networks and devices -- is leaving .mobi behind as the mobile multimedia experience moves ahead.

"Technical innovation is running away from .mobi." "It's a great thing, it's just five years too late." Ovum Vice President of Wireless Telecoms Roger Entner told TechNewsWorld. "Mobile handsets are becoming as powerful as early PCs..."

And who is Roger Entner?
http://www.ovum.com/go/content/c,432,55893

Clearly, he has a vested interest in saying that (just as we .mobi buyers have a vested interest in other opinions, of course). I just wish that article authors wouldn't use the term "industry observers" and then quote someone who would be obviously biased in one direction. "Industry observer" should be reserved for someone better able to be objective...

No matter...the market will sort itself out, regardless of what anyone says.

 

[MCDomains]

.mobi can morph with the technology.

 

[compubahn]

.mobi can morph with the technology.

Precisely. The current "guidelines" are built around what an average mobile/phone can do. As the bar is raised by mobile mfg's & more users move to more sophisticated mobiles, I fully expect the guidelines for .mobi to follow suit.

.mobi is about creating a standard that works & creating the habit of visiting .mobi sites - because they just work. No surprises.

The target is (IMO) clearly pda phones / smart phones going forward. Why else would the ONLY advertiser on businessweek.mobi be Microsoft Mobile?

 

[izo-pod]

Binary.... Take it easy man. Old articles like this are a dime a dozen. It might shock you to know that the person who invented the internet is against the .mobi domain and feels it is not needed. Several other "visionaries" don't see the need for it either. However, you can then find many other "visionaries" who think .mobi is a good idea.

I wouldn't try to test the "winds" on a day to day basis with .mobi because they will change.

What you have to do is think about .mobi represents. It's a standard. Standards eventually catch on. It's like darwinism. Whatever mobile websites actually do something, and can be seen in the way they were meant to be---people will visit them again. It does take time though. I've studied and researched what people like on cell phones and I can tell you it's not a "richer" media experience. It's impossible to duplicate the PC or laptop experience. No they want to do things on the fly, maybe catch a cartoon (manga in japan), or play a game. And because mobile users will eventually "guess" that content will be a whatever.mobi the experience will even be that much richer.

One last thing... Smart companies wouldn't invest in mobi if they didn't do their homework. So many handhelds out there... In the billions. Think about that. Not all software is created equal, but with standards... Now that is a different duck.

 

[binaryman]

"Binary.... Take it easy man." I,m takin it easy man,real easy. Sure Ezi-Pod, I agree with you. I like to test the waters though and see what other domainer's perspective on these issues are. Yeah sure I know that Tim Berners-Lee warned against this idea. I have spent $1,800 on registering .Mobi domains so obviously I also want to see it succeed very much. Guess I,m just looking for re-confirmation that it was the right decision to invest in .Mobi.

 

[jmcc]

"Binary.... Take it easy man." I,m takin it easy man,real easy. Sure Ezi-Pod, I agree with you. I like to test the waters though and see what other domainer's perspective on these issues are. Yeah sure I know that Tim Berners-Lee warned against this idea. I have spent $1,800 on registering .Mobi domains so obviously I also want to see it succeed very much. Guess I,m just looking for re-confirmation that it was the right decision to invest in .Mobi.

It might be best to look at it as a long term investment binaryman.
The growth of .mobi is going to be slower than others as there seems to be less speculation. The main speculation seems to be in the gTLDs where the costs of sticking up a site are low and it is easy to sell a domain. At a guess, the mobile phone companies and telcos may start to market the TLD soon and that will be when the extension should become valuable.

Regards...jmcc

 

[binaryman]

Hi JMCC, That's what I wanted to hear as well. I do look at this as a long-term investment and I hope that .Mobi will be swept high up on the crest of the mobile tech boom that I envisage. I guess that .Mobi technology will also keep on evolving to keep pace with the trends and demands as they are at every given moment and not become an obsolete extension.

 

[Binfus]

I have spent $1,800 on registering .Mobi domains so obviously I also want to see it succeed very much. Guess I,m just looking for re-confirmation that it was the right decision to invest in .Mobi.

I do understand where you're coming from, I really do after having invested probably way too much (much more than you have) in .mobi ....but if my experience with .info/.us etc. is any guide, we shouldn't expect things to turn out all well in just a few months or even a year or two. In fact, our real test would be in two years when renewal time comes and (IF) things are still not "hot" with .mobi.....those who dropped their good .info/.us names after a couple of years under similar situations must be looking back now in deep regret.

 

[labrocca]

I have spent $1,800 on registering .Mobi domains so obviously I also want to see it succeed very much. Guess I,m just looking for re-confirmation that it was the right decision to invest in .Mobi.

I know those auto mobi names you have and I would be worried too if I was you. $1800...jeesh...I didn't see anything special in those names.

As for the topic and that quote...wtf glue is this guy sniffing? How is an extension technologically outdated? It's the sites that matter not the extension. Jeez...

 

[binaryman]

Those auto domains are the least of my worries Labrocca. They are all pulling in quite decent traffic already on Sedo and the uniques on them are steadily getting better.I actually like those auto domains of mine and think that they will be quite popular eventually. Like all my other .mobi domains I chose them carefully and they are taken in all the generic extensions and almost all the country tld's. I can imagine people looking for a nice new or used car on their mobile while sitting in a pub or on a bus or train. Why not?