mobile internet watch

The first of four web 2 expos’s finished in San Francisco last month , the other three being in New york , Berlin and Tokyo , later this year.

Whilst the term web 2 can mean pretty much anything you want it to , one of the chief areas of focus here was the mobile web , and how it is likely to explode in the not to distant future.

There was a real sense of both urgency and opportunity , especially for developers to shape the future of the mobile internet , by what they can come up with that will drive the devices about to come out.

There’s a full report on the expo here , with links to the other three later in the year

The recent news that Apple had eventually agreed terms with a Canadian carrier ( Rogers ) for the iPhone , highlighted that Canada seemed to have a real problem with its wireless networks in away that the US doesn’t , and it seems the Canadian government is trying to do something about it.

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Reuters – A seminar in Helsinki has been discussing the chicken and egg paradox of using cell phones as a ‘digital wallet’ . Whether you like the idea or not , its definitely coming – where you will be able to use your phone to make small payments simply by swiping it against a reader , which then automatically debits your bank account …

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According to Reuters , RIM , the Canadian based makers of the Blackberry , are due to launch a touch screen version of the smartphone later this year , in a move designed to more directly face the competition from the iPhone..

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No particular reason for plugging a book , but its quite a good indication that some particular concept or idea has arrives when a Dummy’s book is written about it – so here’s to the mobile internet , even if we’re not quite sure what it is yet !

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Trade ssociations come in different shapes and sizes and have differing levels of effectivesness.The Mobile Marketing Association seems to have quite an impressive membership and certainly has some good aims in terms of helping develop areas of the mobile internet.

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Great article in the International Herald and Tribune that basically asks the question , where is all the mobile advertising ? It follows on slightly , in a different context , to the chicken and egg question that the iPhone to Canada issue raises.
The article focus’s on the amount of hype that has and does exist around mobile advertising and ask’s , where’s the beef ? Where is all this great mobile advertising , has anyone seen it ?

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Apple has recently announced that the iPhone will become available in Canada later this year through Rogers,although nothing about timetable or pricing plans.

Rogers was always expected to be the carrier as they are the only one of the three telecom operators in Canada ( the others being Bell and Telus) that could support the iPhone.

Unfortunately it is not all unbounded joy …..

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One of the challenges facing the telecoms industry is how to integrate the free use of calls over the internet with cell phones.

It seems inevitable that most phones ( whatever else they do ) will at some point in the future be able to switch between a cell phone network and a wireless internet network , depending on where the user is.

It is hugely fragmented at the moment , but logic says that that direction is inevitable at some point in the future.

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