Comments on: SXSW: Mobile Web in Emerging Markets http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/ Where Africa and Technology Collide! Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Blog: White African | Bscopes Feeds http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-131207 Blog: White African | Bscopes Feeds Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:53:43 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=2244#comment-131207 [...] Blog: White African tagged with: none Post: http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/ [...] [...] Blog: White African tagged with: none Post: http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/ [...]

]]> By: nchenga (nchenga nchenga) http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-130794 nchenga (nchenga nchenga) Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:41:08 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=2244#comment-130794 see http://tinyurl.com/cj4jg4 see http://tinyurl.com/cj4jg4

]]> By: Teddy http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-130775 Teddy Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:13:50 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=2244#comment-130775 I can add more illiterate people have access to mobile phone than any other form of gadget. I can add more illiterate people have access to mobile phone than any other form of gadget.

]]> By: navteq (NAVTEQ) http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-130736 navteq (NAVTEQ) Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:35:10 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=2244#comment-130736 "SXSW: Mobile Web in Emerging Markets" http://bit.ly/18VjlM “SXSW: Mobile Web in Emerging Markets” http://bit.ly/18VjlM

]]> By: This Just In: News Popularity Doubles with Mobile Users | Blippitt http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-130717 This Just In: News Popularity Doubles with Mobile Users | Blippitt Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:00:34 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=2244#comment-130717 [...] SXSW: Mobile Web in Emerging Markets (whiteafrican.com) [...] [...] SXSW: Mobile Web in Emerging Markets (whiteafrican.com) [...]

]]> By: Nate Berkopec http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-130644 Nate Berkopec Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:38:51 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=2244#comment-130644 Perhaps a semantic solution is in order! "The World Wide Web (commonly abbreviated as "the Web") is a very large set of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet." - Wikipedia "The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels." -Wikipedia So, maybe, if we don't need a browser, then what we mean is the "mobile internet," not the "mobile web". Perhaps a semantic solution is in order!

“The World Wide Web (commonly abbreviated as “the Web”) is a very large set of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet.” – Wikipedia

“The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels.”
-Wikipedia

So, maybe, if we don’t need a browser, then what we mean is the “mobile internet,” not the “mobile web”.

]]> By: Miquel http://whiteafrican.com/2009/03/15/sxsw-mobile-web-in-emerging-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-130635 Miquel Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:50:44 +0000 http://whiteafrican.com/?p=2244#comment-130635 Yes, your question is one that needed asking and I realize that marketing departments worldwide are going to glom on to one word to define a number of things as 'Web Free' gets more traction. I believe that there is a simple definition for "mobile web" if you break that in to three different things: Browser Mobile Web, Application Mobile Web, Text Mobile Web. There is a great deal of difference (as I'm dealing with right now) in creating a website that will display well on say an iPhone or Nokia N Series vs. developing an application for an iPhone of Nokia's Ovi vs. developing a site to work with SMS or MMS. Is a site truly mobile if it only meets one of these? How about two? I just fear that the last one is going to be forgotten by developed nations, when in reality it's that one which will truly reach that 80% of the world with mobile phones. Actually, now that I think about it, this might be a worthy article to dig in to more on <a href="http://subsaharska.maneno.org/" rel="nofollow">Subsaharska</a> when I get the chance as being a coder with a language background, I get ridiculously fired up about what things are called :) -miquel Yes, your question is one that needed asking and I realize that marketing departments worldwide are going to glom on to one word to define a number of things as ‘Web Free’ gets more traction. I believe that there is a simple definition for “mobile web” if you break that in to three different things: Browser Mobile Web, Application Mobile Web, Text Mobile Web. There is a great deal of difference (as I’m dealing with right now) in creating a website that will display well on say an iPhone or Nokia N Series vs. developing an application for an iPhone of Nokia’s Ovi vs. developing a site to work with SMS or MMS.
Is a site truly mobile if it only meets one of these? How about two? I just fear that the last one is going to be forgotten by developed nations, when in reality it’s that one which will truly reach that 80% of the world with mobile phones. Actually, now that I think about it, this might be a worthy article to dig in to more on Subsaharska when I get the chance as being a coder with a language background, I get ridiculously fired up about what things are called :)

-miquel

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