There are several interesting threads on mobile this morning that are worth drawing attention to.
The first is Mowser founder Russell Beattie’s declaration that the mobile web is dead. His thesis is that as browsers become more sophisticated, standard content will do. As an acolyte of Moore’s Law, I don’t necessarily disagree with Beattie. Why then the success of services like DoCoMo in Japan?
Next is the Economist on the impact of mobile communications in our lives. A wide ranging piece, it examines everything from relationships to urban planning. Hand in glove with this one was this fascinating study of the impact of the mobile phone on relationships amongst young palestinians. When young men give their paramours cellular phones in order to covertly converse outside the supervision of fathers and brothers, what happens next? Is it liberating, or a new kind of domestic bondage?
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Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
