I remember when I first used a color GPRS phone. My thought was ‘better, faster, color!’. The reality is that with a thicker straw, we shoved more stuff down it, so in the end, the experience was similarly slow.
Now that I browse with a 3G phone, I am still not impressed with the speed.
Link: MobHappy: So, WAP isn’t Crap After All.
According to the BMRB Internet Monitor 49% of 20 – 24 year olds in the UK have used the internet on their mobiles and 21% of all users have bitten the bullet.
But, we shouldn’t focus on the speed, but on what mobile access does for us. It’s a bit of feeding the non-consumption: we put up with a less than stellar experience because the benefits are worth it. For the most part, mobile sites have not been compeling.
I think WINKsite is changing that.
