.mobi Where does .MOBI fit into this?

[binaryman]

Please take the time to read these 3 BBC articles released today. Also read the bulletin from the company introducing all this to get the detailed picture. That's the last link in this post. No mention is made of .MOBI in all this although the backers of what is proposed here are the same backers as of .MOBI. What do you read into this? Is this actually .MOBI which they are "SECRETLY" referring to here?

I send a copy of this post to Vance Hedderel of .Mobi. Here is his comment which can also be viewed on the following link. http://blog.mobi.

Vance P. Hedderel
Director, PR and Communications
dotMobi (mTLD Mobile Top Level Domain Ltd.)
[email protected]
+1.703.485.5563

Lots of press and commentary was generated today by 3's X-Series announcement: 3 is moving to an all-you-can-eat mobile Internet access model. As they put it, "X-Series customers will only pay a flat access fee on top of their basic subscription and then what’s free to use on the internet should be free to use on mobile broadband."

That's terrific news. As Neil Edwards, dotMobi's CEO, put it, "3 proved they're a leader in the mobile Internet space when they co-founded the .mobi domain. I believe this pricing model will actively encourge the growth of the Internet on mobiles, which is a positive development for consumers because it will incent developers to bring more mobile content online. The all-you-can-eat mobile Internet access model is bound to prove itself successful in the UK, just as it did with PC-based broadband connections."

I'm equally excited to see 3 leverage their high-speed network to bring the mobile Internet one step closer to general usage.

Good show,

Posted by vance_hedderel on November 17, 2006 at 05:10 PM

Mobiles join networked world
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6157134.stm


Is the web going mobile at last?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6155678.stm

Mobile internet 'upgrade' launch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6153060.stm

And from the company introducing the new X-Series mobile phones:
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Nov2006/3926.htm

 

[GoDesign]

They're refering to mobile internet in general.

Where does .MOBI fit into this?

In about 2 years time.

No mention is made of .MOBI in all this although...

They have little vested interest in .Mobi, and what interest they do have is in the dev, not promoting domains.

IMO, by the time .Mobi is going mainstream, their'll be a more suitable replacement for it,which has a better thought out, easier to understand and implement than the current complications .mobi has brought, when it was brought in to do the opposite.
GD.

 

[fautebol]

Just some thoughts....When you start to watch TV on your mobile (actually I just received advertisment from my provider), you start to become used to have it for more than talking and sending text messages...and the price will go down for sure...some people that have never watched tv on their pc will watch tv on their mobile (I know some that already do it and never did on a pc)...

Now with .mobi. I see 3 possible forms of mobile surfing:

-Closed portal. Too much competition, people will always want more. You can have one part from your provider (ex TV Channels, Radio, some services), but you will be able to get more...

-Open Surf but different than PC I thing that the size of the screen is a good argument. (to the opposite, I do not buy the price argument for the future). Kids have a cellphone before a pc. Why would they try to replicate what they do on a pc on their cellphones. In other words you go from a closed portal to an open one, but specially designed for mobiles...It seems logical for me...IF services, sites designed for mobiles rapidily develop why do you want to surf the internet from your mobile...If you have a good site designed for mobile, you will not try to find a lousy one normally for computers...

Same as PC Meaning you to have the same experience with your mobile...But the size of the screen...

I thing the second option will win. Thus, I would tend to thing .mobi has a chance. But, we do not need .mobi. Mobi is just nothing...You can have a "google" portal with everything, which recognizes "all sites" specifically designed for mobiles...The two key questions are: a)will .com (traditional) or .mobi (new) or whatever be better for marketing ??? b) will there be a default extension on mobiles?

.Mobi can become more important than .com. The unique adress of a company can be a .mobi in the future....It can also mean nothing in the middle of many extensions except that you have an adress...What is going to be marketed...the design is great, the name has not been chosen because it's practical. IMHO .mobi is far better than .mo...keystrokes is a detail...Marketing is the key. What will we see on advertisments in 5 years? ...Will someone come with a great idea, with money, advertise as .mobi with even a website for internet? For the moment I see only internet websites with less content...Not good, but it has not begun yet...Only marketing and excellent .mobi sites will tell me something for the mid-term...The rest is a buy-sell highly speculative bubble...Fun to do and to watch...

IMO, by the time .Mobi is going mainstream, their'll be a more suitable replacement for it,which has a better thought out, easier to understand and implement than the current complications .mobi has brought, when it was brought in to do the opposite.
GD.

Why .mobi could not be adapted to the evolution?

 

[nametrekker]

Excellent points -- I feel mobi could potentially usurp .com dominion in about 6 years - as more people will be surfing the Internet while on the go - teens, travelers, students - as well as just surfing from the comforts of their homes and offices -- or from their cars (I already text while driving -- so far, so good) with their mobiles -- voice-activated, qwerty, remote commands --- get on the mobi wave! It's here to stay --- this is not Dutch tulips!