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Sunday, February 04, 2007
Mobile phones, not so limited after all...
Often analysts and industry folks talk about mobile phones as limited devices. They mean not the least the more limited user interface, CPU power etc, compared to a PC. In the following diagram I try to show that it's a matter of perspective, and that a laptop computer could be considered limited in other areas, crucial to e.g. user generated content.
Interestingly I read somewhere that mobile phones are considered to be mainly used for output from rather than input to UGC services in the future. I believe that's a fundamentally wrong notion. Again it seems people think about the hazzle of entering text. See how much text there is at e.g. Flickr and YouTube, and you'll realize that mobile phones are ideal for generating UGC, provided you don't have to sell your house to afford transferring it.
I'm actually a bit kind to the laptop computer saying it's got a wireless connection. Sure, all laptops have Wi-Fi now, but when you are at an arbitrary place it's not very likely you have Wi-Fi coverage, and pulling out the laptop just for sending an interesting photo is not realistic anyway.
Click on the diagram for a larger version. It's also available in the Introduction presentations on the Mobilizer page.
Interestingly I read somewhere that mobile phones are considered to be mainly used for output from rather than input to UGC services in the future. I believe that's a fundamentally wrong notion. Again it seems people think about the hazzle of entering text. See how much text there is at e.g. Flickr and YouTube, and you'll realize that mobile phones are ideal for generating UGC, provided you don't have to sell your house to afford transferring it.
I'm actually a bit kind to the laptop computer saying it's got a wireless connection. Sure, all laptops have Wi-Fi now, but when you are at an arbitrary place it's not very likely you have Wi-Fi coverage, and pulling out the laptop just for sending an interesting photo is not realistic anyway.
Click on the diagram for a larger version. It's also available in the Introduction presentations on the Mobilizer page.
