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By: David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA

David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:14:00 +0000

Mobile Versus Web 2.0 Bickering…

It sounds like Scott Karp should be attending the SMX Local and Mobile next week as two of the five areas he gripes about will be covered in detail there. While his carrier and wifi complaints are somewhat relevant, the rest is unfortunately plain igno…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:43:57 +0000

Do I sound like I have EVDO bigotry? Actually, I have been secretly craving one of those cards for my computer, would love to have EVDO instead of EDGE on the iphone.

By: Allan

Allan — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:47:02 +0000

agreed– the web expeience on th iPhone is bearable.

And I think you need to get over EVDO slowness bigotry (though I freely admit that the transition to WiFi is bliss after being on EVDO). EVDO + the ease of use of the iPhone makes the mobile web way better for the majority of users– my wife would never have used/gotten value out of the browser on any Windows Mobile device I have seen, but it becomes a usable experience for her with the iPhone.

I am thinking that this may be a more widespread phenomenon than people realize– my 60+ y.o. mom called me last week to ask if she should get an iPhone for her 80+ (but still doing great) aunt, so that she can pay more attention to her stocks. Now, wisdom of this approach aside (from a personal finance standpoint), what we have here are 60+ and 80+ women thinking that the iPhone is a better / easier way to access the Internet than the alternatives.

That seems to be either a triumph of marketing or something really important regarding potential user behavior.