.mobi Too Much Mobile Internet

[gou]

Will Japan be the only country where mobile web is this common?

TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to limit their use among children.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080527/japan_no_cell_phones.html

 

[Traveler]

I don't think so. It usually takes a few years for the technology in Japan to filter down to other countries.

 

[-REECE-]

I have to be among the biggest supporters of the mobile web

I just can't see how it couldn't take off. I'm a younger adult -- maybe most here are too old to see how common cell phones, text messaging, etc are with teenagers and other young adults...

I just can't see how text messaging won't evolve into using Facebook, Myspace, other social networks, etc on cell phones...

From there, people will get more and more comfortable with the mobile web and we'll see more and more people doing basic searching and eventually more complex web browsing on the mobile web.

I'm telling you, it's going to happen!

Call me Reece Kurzweil, because I've seen the future and the future IS MOBILE :lala:

Will Japan be the only country where mobile web is this common?


http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080527/japan_no_cell_phones.html

 

[cobo]

Good Stuff Reese!

 

[skeitel]

Will Japan be the only country where mobile web is this common?

No

 

[TravelBusiness]

Great post mr. Reece Kurzweil!

 

[davidwest]

nice thoughts Reece

all good points...

the other funny thing is i,as an ancient one, was leary about how anyone would input text/and addresses into mobi devices.....

THEN---- i started noticing that almost all of you young folks are thumb typers (texters) and type as fast with two thumbs as i do with ten fingers......(8fingers+2thumbs)

i then realized that (if you build it, they will come......(Field of Dreams))

 

[thebiffenator]

:sold:

Every where I go, people have there phone out, bars, driving, church, malls... There's no stopping the mobile web. It is becoming second nature to everyone. Just look when you drive half the people are always on there phones or doing something with there phone. Just look next time your at a red light, there either texting something or talking. (I hate when people use them when they drive but theres no stopping. until laws happen)

Also look at train stations/airports for example....all they do is text text and call. People feel alone in public and thats why they need there phone to communicate. The mobile web will put newspapers to shame for the morning news on their commute...it sounds outragous but why get a newspaper when you can read the news on the go? (<--just one example) And why log into your computer in the morning to check email when your late for work when you can get it on the go!

 

[Work In Progress]

Not sure what you mean by "too much mobile internet" :talk:

As Biff said, the mobile web is coming whether you like it or not. Japan's always on the cutting edge of technology. How long will it take the US ad the rest of the world to follow? Who knows? All I know is, I'll be ready when they do. And they ARE coming. Not in huge droves, but steady increases:

Note the steady increase in traffic for fbimostwanted. The December spike was due to a press release.

Here's another example:

The month is almost over and I'm pleased to report newhairstyles is my first site to hit over 100,000 hits to one site. I'm pretty happy at this at this early stage. Over 90% are US visitors. Slowly, but surely, they are coming. All of my sites are seeing an increase in traffic this month. Some are surprising me.

I can't wait for Japan-like adoption. I truly believe it's just around the corner.

Too much mobile web? Nope. Not enough mobile sites? Yep. We need to continue to develop. Nobody in their right mind will be satisfied with visiting parked mobi's. More and more larger corporations are seeing the benefit of the mobile web. We, as .mobi domain holders, need to step up and help fill the mobile web. It wouldn't take too much to overtake the regular web, which is frustratingly filled with premium parked names. That works with the regular web, but the mobile web is a different animal. Not much ad space and limited time on a small screen adds to people on a time-line who don't want to surf for hours. Just my opinion.

 

[DBADT2007]

Most great minds see it!

Some of us try to enlighten people on the topic; some listen, others resist.

Regardless, its coming and it will only resonate louder.

Cheers, and REP+ to you!

I have to be among the biggest supporters of the mobile web

I just can't see how it couldn't take off. I'm a younger adult -- maybe most here are too old to see how common cell phones, text messaging, etc are with teenagers and other young adults...

I just can't see how text messaging won't evolve into using Facebook, Myspace, other social networks, etc on cell phones...

From there, people will get more and more comfortable with the mobile web and we'll see more and more people doing basic searching and eventually more complex web browsing on the mobile web.

I'm telling you, it's going to happen!

Call me Reece Kurzweil, because I've seen the future and the future IS MOBILE :lala:

-----
Our failures are known. Our successes are not.

 

[snoop]

I don't think so. It usually takes a few years for the technology in Japan to filter down to other countries.

Let me know when those electric toilets get popular in the US.

 

[Pred]

Let me know when those electric toilets get popular in the US.

LOL
Apparently they've moved on.
In Hong Kong anyway, solid Gold
http://money.aol.com/special/gold-household-items


check the slide show, couldn't you just bitchslap the two in their solid gold car? sickmaking, don't they watch global current affairs

 

[ginggang]

I've posted in other threads about this subject. I've been visiting Japan from the UK for the past 6 or 7 years. I've seen the same thing happen in the UK as what was happening in Japan a few years back. The mobile phone has become their primary communication/information device. This is more to do with Japanese society being very private and conservative. What better way to communicate in a non-distracting way than typing away on a small device you keep in your pocket ?

What has been parallel in developing is the 'need' to have the latest model of phone. More to do with style and fashion than feature driven. There was the recent blog post to do with Mowser and shutting it down as the technology was not developing in the west as it was in Japan. Sorry it is, just not in the time frame that was expected. That time frame was probably dictated by monetary issues. The west is probably 4 years behind Japan in the way the mobile phone is used.

There are plenty of stats to show mobile browsing is greater than conventional browsing in Japan. I can't see the UK passing this but I can see it getting into a a Web 4.0 scenario where tailored made content is delivered to mobile devices.

In the UK sms texting is still prevalent in delivering services to phones than the web is. For example , look through a computing game mag here and you will see adverts like ' TXT "product" to 8665 ' to get the latest "thing" delivered to your phone. The days are numbered for this kind of delivery. All it needs is a way create revenue channels and it's all over for the network operators.

All that is needed is a trigger to make mobile browsing mainstream in the UK. Japan has social networking due to society constraints. We don't have that in the west so something else will be the catalyst. I hope is soemthing like the default browser will be set to .mobi

My take on what will drive western browsing habits will be

1 Geo Specific Information
2 Shopping
3 News
4 Entertainment
5 Pornography