Think Your iPhone Internet Is Flaky Now? It’s Only Going To Get Worse! Interesting article today in the Business Insider by Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire – http://bit.ly/bowC2a. He argues that smartphones are killing mobile carriers’ bandwidth, and that server-based browsers like Skyfire (or, we’d add, Opera Mini) could be a better solution. Amen, and [...]

The ranks of mobile phone subscribers will swell to five billion people this year thanks to the growth of smartphones in developed nations and mobile services in poor nations, a UN agency said Monday, according to a Sydney Morning Herald article Another highlight of just how large the mobile internet market opportunity is and the [...]

“India has a billion people and is primarily a rural country – if you get a dollar a month from 200 million farmers, that’s a good business.” – Fast Company

“People in emerging markets spend disproportionate amounts of their income on mobile phones, and are likely to continue to do so.” – Bloomberg News

I recall a visit to the inner sanctum of Google back in 2003 and learning that one of their key missions in life was to “make all the information in the world available to everyone”. Pretty good progress so far but mobiles are going to be key..!

“There are four times as many mobile subscribers in the world as there are installed PCs.” – Financial Times

Over 100 million people actively use Facebook from a mobile device every month, the company announced today. This comes just six months after they announced reaching 65 million mobile users, so the service is clearly growing rapidly. Facebook access is available on every smartphone OS, as well as via text message in 32 countries. Whilst [...]

“Developing countries now account for about two-thirds of mobile phones in use, compared with less than half of subscriptions in 2002.” – The Guardian

“The cell phone is the world’s most ubiquitous computer.” – The New York Times