http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/02/16/helio-offers-handsets-more-details/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/02/16/helio-offers-handsets-more-details/comment-page-1/#comment-2204 You Make The Call: Free on the Web, Or Paid On The Mobile? at MobHappy Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:27:13 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/02/16/helio-offers-handsets-more-details/#comment-2204 [...] The comment came in a panel talking about mobile content delivery, and the deal that Helio struck to offer exclusive mobile access to MySpace came up. Derrick Oien, one of the founders of Intercasting, the company that makes the Rabble moblogging-cum-social networking application, essentially said the deal was good for Rabble because it provides some validation of their market. My initial reaction (surprise, surprise) was skepticism — I’m not sure how many kids will give up MySpace and all the content they’ve put on it in favor of an application like Rabble that’s essentially closed off to anybody that’s not a subscriber (and since Rabble’s only currently available on two US carriers, that’s a problem here). Additionally, Rabble costs $3 bucks a month, whereas MySpace is free. [...] [...] The comment came in a panel talking about mobile content delivery, and the deal that Helio struck to offer exclusive mobile access to MySpace came up. Derrick Oien, one of the founders of Intercasting, the company that makes the Rabble moblogging-cum-social networking application, essentially said the deal was good for Rabble because it provides some validation of their market. My initial reaction (surprise, surprise) was skepticism — I’m not sure how many kids will give up MySpace and all the content they’ve put on it in favor of an application like Rabble that’s essentially closed off to anybody that’s not a subscriber (and since Rabble’s only currently available on two US carriers, that’s a problem here). Additionally, Rabble costs $3 bucks a month, whereas MySpace is free. [...]

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