Mobile Web = Web Browser on Mobile ??
– Reading a compilation of statistics on the usage of web on mobile –
Ughh, not again dude!!
Why is mobile web nothing more than a web browser? Why do I care how many people are using Safari or Opera Mini on their phone.
On a PC, I would agree that most of web usage is through a browser. But does that mean that it should happen the same way on a mobile as well? Would a plain emulation of PC on a handset make a good enough use-case for people? Think…
Hasn’t iPhone already proved a point in this arena?
Micro-blogging is more fun :D. Short and frequent (hopefully) from now on.
September 1st, 2008 at 5:13 am
Completely agre, Mobile Web != Browser it is the whole Mobile device itself and what services can you bring to the device using web …
September 9th, 2008 at 12:46 am
I think pretty much everyone realizes and has for some time that thick clients are more usable on a phone than a browser.
e.g. Live Search and Google Maps on Windows Mobile; Youtube and Facebook on iPhone.
However, with the market still in flux and gathering momentum to the new model, it will be a while before you start seeing statistics for non-browser web access from mobile phones.
Pure data usage would probably be the closest metric to measure right now.