Alfie Dennen from Moblog.co.uk has set up a site ahead of next week’s Mobile Web 2.0 Summit in London discussing the slightly nebulous idea of Mobile Web 2.0, and what it is and what it entails. There’s some good debate going on over there, as well as a post by yours truly, so be sure to check it out.
Mobile Web 2.0: The One People Will Use:
It’s pretty easy to get bogged down in the definition of “Mobile Web 2.0″, and to try and use particular technologies to establish a baseline and some boundaries for it. In my mind, though, technology is just a means to an end, and Mobile Web 2.0 will be the mobile web that people actually use. Key to this isn’t just enabling new technologies on handsets, but rather using whatever technology is available to deliver a great user experience.
Interesting we continue to look at mobile web 2.0 when 1.0 is still stumbling out of the starting gate.
It is positive we are looking forward. I only wish more time would be spent on 1.0 and getting the consumer to use this technology.
Interesting note, Critical path in a recent survey has just reported that 98% of consumers cited cost as a reason for not trying or using new mobile data services in the past. 98% is a huge, convincing number.
Combine a bad user experience on 1.0 and cost and getting to 2.0 may be harder then we think. Adoption of the normob is needed critically at this stage.
The mobile web experience is laughable at best, I think when pressed the 98% will tell us its not worth the value. This in part due to the lack of vision by almost all carriers stuck in one paradigm, “voice calls”. They ignored the explosive growth of the internet, they ignored the rush of commerce on the Web 1.0 network. I don’t think we should stand around and wait for the mobile providers to catch up with web 1.0. The online community needs the 2.0 services to expand to the next level. I say onward and upward. There are many new devices and technology ready to take over the poor quality of service delivered over the mobile net that will need/embrace the wed 2.0 growth.