Apples iPhone Craze Will Lead The Online Mobile Revolution
June 30, 2007 by Pablo Palatnik
I haven’t seen this much buzz in the media about a technological gadget in a LONG TIME. Sure, we’ve seen people waiting in lines for new game consoles, but this takes the prize. The TV media is covering the story as if it’s the first time a mobile phone has hit the market and you can’t go on Digg and not see an iPhone story on the first page.
Apple has done it again. The iPod has changed the music industry and now the iPhone is said to change the mobile industry. I’m not in the mobile industry so I can’t say exactly what It will do except that every company now has to switch gears and come out with similar models as the iPhone.
Here is what I do know, as the buzz continues and the iPhone and its competitors come out with similar models, the connection to the internet from mobile phones will drastically increase. The sales of .mobi’s are in demand and are becoming the new .com…obviously not replace it, or hold the same value (as of now), but I’d say it’s a better investment than a .net as this point.
Cell phones such as the Trio or Sidekick have sparked consumer interest and advertisement interest in the online mobile world, but the iPhone will take this to a new level. Google has teamed up with Apple to apply applications to the iPhone such as Google Reader. Feeds, Text, and more will allow advertisers to reach the mobile user directly and personalization will also come into play at some point I imagine. I’m not saying connecting to the internet is something new because of the iPhone but it will change its dynamic with the Google partnership.
Companies such as MyClick have already incorporated technology to connect consumer directly with advertisers through their mobile phones, take a look:
Myclick is in full swing in Asia, mostly China, which has around 450 million MOBILE USERS! This technology will surley come here, and come soon. MyClicks plans to move to Europe next. Many companies will try to develop applications for the iPhone and will spark major competition for other applications for other carriers.
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Jessie
A special type of issue which instantly becomes better over time.