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Friday, August 03, 2007
Mobile 2.0 already here?
Update 20070806: This note provides some interesting info about mobile trends. Whether I agree this has anything to do with Mobile 2.0 is another story. The things mentioned are enablers to the use of mobile phones as information devices.
Mobile 2.0 is happening now
I'm one of those that think the "2.0" term (whatever stands before it) is very much a lot of nonsense, as different people packages different things in the term. Especially Mobile 2.0 is a very loose term, and Wikipedia (that normally covers Internet phenomena well) still has very little to say about it. It's social and it's user generated, and that's about it. Same as Web 2.0.
OK, so in that sense Mobile 2.0 is already here, as people now use their cameraphones to post in photos and videos to content sharing sites. People also do a lot of chatting and "communiting" via their phones. So, what's needed to make Mobile 2.0 happen then?
As I've mentioned before "2.0" is not fundamentally about technology, but the application of technology, so nothing says that phones need to have Ajax etc to be Mobile 2.0 compliant.
Here are two notes on opposite ends of the spectrum.
FEATURE: Mobile 2.0: Still in the far-off future
Ready to Embark on the Mobile 2.0 Bandwagon? Now Is the Time!
These notes make nothing clearer though, at least not to me.
Talking about trends instead of hip terms I see the following:
Mobile 2.0 is happening now
I'm one of those that think the "2.0" term (whatever stands before it) is very much a lot of nonsense, as different people packages different things in the term. Especially Mobile 2.0 is a very loose term, and Wikipedia (that normally covers Internet phenomena well) still has very little to say about it. It's social and it's user generated, and that's about it. Same as Web 2.0.
OK, so in that sense Mobile 2.0 is already here, as people now use their cameraphones to post in photos and videos to content sharing sites. People also do a lot of chatting and "communiting" via their phones. So, what's needed to make Mobile 2.0 happen then?
As I've mentioned before "2.0" is not fundamentally about technology, but the application of technology, so nothing says that phones need to have Ajax etc to be Mobile 2.0 compliant.
Here are two notes on opposite ends of the spectrum.
FEATURE: Mobile 2.0: Still in the far-off future
Ready to Embark on the Mobile 2.0 Bandwagon? Now Is the Time!
These notes make nothing clearer though, at least not to me.
Talking about trends instead of hip terms I see the following:
- New Internet services are made for PC and mobile use from day one. Mobile access is no longer something that's patched on later. That's a very good thing and should be talked about more by the industry.
- These services (of course) use what's available today in most phones, like SMS, simple browsing, Java etc. Otherwise they get no coverage.
