Comments on: The Mobile Web Is Dead. Long Live The Mobile Web.

By: Why the Mobile Web MUST Survive | MobileMarketingProfits.com

Why the Mobile Web MUST Survive | MobileMarketingProfits.com — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:07:50 +0000

[...] agreement (here) to saying the mobile web is misunderstood, complete disagreement (here, here , here and here) and a lot of conversation about how the iPhone has/will change everything (including [...]

By: TheMobiBlog

TheMobiBlog — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:31:22 +0000

The Mobile Wed Is Not Dead! Its just getting started..

By: james

james — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:42:22 +0000

The irony is that mobile has never looked so good from a lot of points of view – more open networks, better handsets, takeoff of mobile advertising.

We need some big mobile 2.0 successes though – itsmy.com, shozu, mxit … at the moment its just admob making the running.

By: Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS

Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:44:52 +0000

We need to remember that for probably well over half of the U.S., for some time to come, possibly well after 2012, the intrigue of a mobile web will not actually happen. It will come in time, but to ask the majority of people to specifically buy a phone,(ie: pay extra) that can access 3G, and then PAY for a data package (again, pay more), for something they do not perceive value in, is unlikely.

Just like the dial-up versus high speed internet connections, the U.S. did not see 50% of users on high speed until 2007. And we are just tipping over 50%. This is the reality for the mobile web as well.

However, this does not mean it is dead. It simply means that it will take time to develop and get usage rates up. Unfortunately for Mike and Russ, they were on the bleeding edge. Great idea, the timing just didn’t match with their revenue needs. It will come. But the unfortunate truth is, for many in the mobile space now, funds will run dry before the adoption overtakes the industry.

By: Judy Breck

Judy Breck — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:42:32 +0000

This post brought back my memory of the first time I saw the Internet live. It was at a 1996 luncheon meeting of the New York Advertising Club. All we saw was some text projected on a crooked portable home movie screen. The text flowed up the screen now and then. Several times the connection was lost and we waited while the connection was reestablished by the apologetic and frutrated presenters. I am sure some of the people in that audience left the lunch completely turned off to the Internet. It is very likely that several others in the audience are now wealthy big winners from the DotCom era that lay ahead.

By: Tom Limongello

Tom Limongello — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:48:27 +0000

My sentiments exactly…in fact I think there’s been more focus on failure than the successes recently. Like that I found this post of yours on an iPhone twitter site, http://itweet.net which is a mobile website. I’ve written a long post about it today – http://blog.crispwireless.com/index.php/2008/04/15/mobile-web-pronounced-dead-again/

By: Mike Rowehl

Mike Rowehl — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:43:02 +0000

Thanks for the even-handed coverage Carlo. I definitely agree, the mobile web isn’t dead. The minimal level of expectation is shifting, which means we need to start thinking different about how we deliver mobile web experiences. That wasn’t something that Mowser did well, and we failed because of it. But it certainly doesn’t mean that it’s not possible to build a successful site targeting exclusively mobile devices.