mobile

I recently ran across the results of a study that showed consumers’ want practical content on their mobile device.

Converging Trends: Web 3.0 + Ubiquitous Computing + Mobile = GoLife

The next generation of Internet technology has been promised for years, but no one has yet been able to implement it. The true power of the “Semantic Web” lies in the ability to make the web “intelligent”, able to horizontally integrate across different data sources, electronic systems with the ability to ‘know’ users’ desires, preferences, or requirements. Computers will become able to ‘semantically’ parse information, understand and make decisions.

The mobile web as an application platform has at the best very limited use. Mobile devices are fundamentally different than personal computers and this difference dictates not only how the devices display information and how the users interact with the information, but how the devices are used. It is critical that application developers understand this difference.

There has been a lot of discussion around mobile applications this year. Certainly a good sign if 2008 is to be the year of open access. The predictions on mobile applications (web or native), however, range from death sentences to explosive growth. In this entry, I’ve taken a look at the three extreme perspectives and why they feel the way they do. In the next entries I’ll address what it is that they’re all missing and how (I think) mobile software will evolve.

Modu has gotten quite a bit of press lately for its modular mobile system. The concept is simple, make the brains of the mobile device a portable module that can be plugged into multiple devices of various size, shape, form, and function. Essentially the convergence of a SIM card, flash drive, CPU and OS, all on a small transferable module. An intriguing concept to be sure, but one that might be somewhat ahead of its time.