Proof Mobi is a Dead Duck

[Rubber Duck]

Survey Confirms iPhone Users Are Hard-Core Internet Junkies

It's amazing what a halfway-decent browsing experience can do for mobile internet usage. A new study from measurement firm M:Metrics confirms what was pretty much common knowledge: Give users a good phone browser, and they'll flock to the mobile web.

After charting the habits of more than 10,000 adults for six months after the iPhone's U.S. launch, M:Metrics concludes that nearly 85 percent of iPhone purchasers regularly use their handheld device to access news and other content on the web.

Compare that to the 58 percent of total smartphone owners who browse web content and just 13 percent of overall mobile phone users who do, and you get an idea of how much a simple interface can do to inspire usage. You can just picture the design meetings happening at phone manufacturers around the world: "Wait, if we make a web browser that doesn't make users feel like jabbing forks into their eyes, they'll actually want to browse the web?"

The study also found that 59 percent of iPhone users visited a search engine on their phone, compared to 37 percent of smartphone users and a miniscule 6 percent of mobile phone users. This corroborates information Google released last month, which said the search company saw on average 50 times more search requests coming from Apple iPhones than any other mobile handset.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/...-confirms.html

Yep, give them a half decent browsing environment and they are off!

It has absolutely nothing to do with domain extension!

Dot Com is King!

[Fka200]

http://www.ricklatona.com/2008/03/13...ur-mobi-names/

[GS]

I don't believe in .mobi either. That's a given. But I did register a few dozen during the landrush for shits and giggles. Mostly small counties and cities, a few one word no-accent/high ovt foreign words.mobi, and some two/three worders.

Not long ago, I get a bid for a 3 word ascii mobi and I replied with an offer for a ridiculous sum as domainers are conditioned to do. I thought that would be the end of it. But the guy took the time to write a 3 paragraph sob-story about how he was going to donate money to a certain charity related to the name... that charity happened to tug at my heartstrings, and we end up closing for about $900 or thereabouts. For a THREE WORD .MOBI.

This is insanity.

[Rubber Duck]

Insanity is certainly not in short supply!

I would be wary of those that claim to be buying for charity. It seems to be a common tactic amongst low-ball scumbags. Although, I guess you were happy with the offer.

Originally Posted by GS

I don't believe in .mobi either. That's a given. But I did register a few dozen during the landrush for shits and giggles. Mostly small counties and cities, a few one word no-accent/high ovt foreign words.mobi, and some two/three worders.

Not long ago, I get a bid for a 3 word ascii mobi and I replied with an offer for a ridiculous sum as domainers are conditioned to do. I thought that would be the end of it. But the guy took the time to write a 3 paragraph sob-story about how he was going to donate money to a certain charity related to the name... that charity happened to tug at my heartstrings, and we end up closing for about $900 or thereabouts. For a THREE WORD .MOBI.

This is insanity.