Comments on: Mobile internet is ten years behind the wired web http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Peter Bond http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Peter Bond Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:35:58 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/#comment-989 The starting point for all these discussions is that the "mobile internet" would be a mass market mobile phone application, if only the all the technology/pricing issues etc were sorted. Not sure I beleive this! The starting point for all these discussions is that the “mobile internet” would be a mass market mobile phone application, if only the all the technology/pricing issues etc were sorted. Not sure I beleive this!

]]> By: nic http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/comment-page-1/#comment-966 nic Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:57:35 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/#comment-966 This is a good point Alan. Mobile operators and handset vendors will both fear commoditisation if the systems go open which makes it hard to see a common OS emerging in the short to medium term. This is a good point Alan. Mobile operators and handset vendors will both fear commoditisation if the systems go open which makes it hard to see a common OS emerging in the short to medium term.

]]> By: alan p http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/comment-page-1/#comment-963 alan p Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:22:46 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/#comment-963 More like 1987...there is as yet no common OS. Destroys the economics of mobile apps building. More like 1987…there is as yet no common OS. Destroys the economics of mobile apps building.

]]> By: nic http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/comment-page-1/#comment-962 nic Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:26:45 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/#comment-962 That is a great question Farhan. My first instinct is that we will see some very big companies created but that they will get bought out before they get to the scale of Google. I say that because the opportunity in mobile is obvious to everyone so it is unlikely that people will make the mistake of allowing a competitor like Google to emerge. That kind of assumes nothing will come out of left field though, and that is a dangerouse assumption. There is enough that is new and different about mobile that something truly revolutionary is possible. That is a great question Farhan. My first instinct is that we will see some very big companies created but that they will get bought out before they get to the scale of Google. I say that because the opportunity in mobile is obvious to everyone so it is unlikely that people will make the mistake of allowing a competitor like Google to emerge.

That kind of assumes nothing will come out of left field though, and that is a dangerouse assumption. There is enough that is new and different about mobile that something truly revolutionary is possible.

]]> By: Farhan http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Farhan Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:35:57 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/06/28/mobile-internet-is-ten-years-behind-the-wired-web/#comment-959 Do you think we'll see the emergence of - successful - new firms, on the scale of Google or even a Yahoo with the emergence of mobile internet? Or do you think established internet or mobile players will win big and get bigger? Do you think we’ll see the emergence of – successful – new firms, on the scale of Google or even a Yahoo with the emergence of mobile internet? Or do you think established internet or mobile players will win big and get bigger?

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