Ah yes, because clearly the best way to disseminate information over the mobile internet is with a 659-slide PowerPoint presentation. ;-) -------------- Paul F. Marty, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies College of Communication and Information, Florida State University 240 Louis Shores Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 http://marty.ci.fsu.edu | marty at fsu.edu
On Jan 6, 2010, at 6:16 PM, gerrymck wrote: > Colleagues/ > > For those who still doubt that The Future is Mobile >>> > > /Gerry > > December 2009 > > Our global technology and telecom analysts set out to do a deep dive > into the rapidly changing mobile Internet market. We wanted to create > a data-rich, theme-based framework for thinking about how the market > may develop. We intend to expand and edit the framework as the market > evolves. A lot has changed since we published ?The Internet Report? in > 1995 on the web. > > We decided to create The Mobile Internet Report largely in PowerPoint > and publish it on the web, expecting that bits and pieces of it will > be cut / pasted / redistributed and debated / dismissed / lauded. Our > goal is to get our thoughts and data into the conversation about what > may be the biggest technology trend ever, one that may help make us > all more informed in ways that are unique to the web circa 2009, and > beyond. > > We present our thoughts in three ways: > > 1) ?The Mobile Internet Report Setup?? a 92-slide presentation that > excerpts highlights of the key themes from the report (This > presentation is also available in Simplified Chinese) > > 2) ?The Mobile Internet Report Key Themes? ? a 659-slide presentation > that drills down on thoughts covered in ?The Mobile Internet Report? > [Not Available > Wrong Link > 12-23-09] > > 3) ?The Mobile Internet Report? ? a 424 page report which explores 8 > major themes in depth and includes the two aforementioned slide > presentations + related overview text > > Also Available By Individual Themes > > > Overview / Mobile Internet Report Setup > > Key Theme 1: Wealth Creation / Destruction Material in New Computing Cycles > > Key Theme 2: Mobile Ramping Faster than Desktop Internet Did and Will > Be Bigger Than Most Think > > Key Theme 3: Apple Leading in Mobile Innovation + Impact, for Now > > Key Theme 4: Game-Changing Communications / Commerce Platforms (Social > Networking + Mobile) Emerging Very Rapidly > > Key Theme 5: Growth / Monetization Roadmaps from Japan + Desktop Internet > > Key Theme 6: Massive Data Growth Driving Carrier / Equipment Transitions > > Key Theme 7: Compelling Opportunities in Emerging Markets > > Key Theme 8: Regulators Can Help Advance / Slow Mobile Internet Evolution > > Our key takeaways are: > > Material wealth creation / destruction should surpass earlier > computing cycles. The mobile Internet cycle, the 5th cycle in 50 > years, is just starting. Winners in each cycle often create more > market capitalization than in the last. New winners emerge, some > incumbents survive ? or thrive ? while many past winners falter. > > The mobile Internet is ramping faster than desktop Internet did, and > we believe more users may connect to the Internet via mobile devices > than desktop PCs within 5 years. > > Five IP-based products / services are growing / converging and > providing the underpinnings for dramatic growth in mobile Internet > usage ? 3G adoption + social networking + video + VoIP + impressive > mobile devices. > > Apple + Facebook platforms serving to raise the bar for how users > connect / communicate ? their respective ramps in user and developer > engagement may be unprecedented. > > Decade-plus Internet usage / monetization ramps for mobile Internet in > Japan plus desktop Internet in developed markets provide roadmaps for > global ramp and monetization. > > Massive mobile data growth is driving transitions for carriers and > equipment providers. > > Emerging markets have material potential for mobile Internet user > growth. Low pnetration of fixed-line telephone and already vibrant > mobile value-added services mean that for many EM users and SMEs, the > Internet will be mobile. > > Links to aformentioned sources available from > > [ http://tinyurl.com/yg8fvpq ] > > !!! Thanks To / Gary Price / ResourceShelf / For The HeadsUp !!! > > Regards, > > /Gerry > > Gerry McKiernan > Associate Professor > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University Library > Ames IA 50011 > > Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs > > "The Truth ?, You Can't Handle The Truth !" > "It's All A Battle Of Ideas ... > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
