Molecularist

What have I been saying?

Oh boy oh boy, and the parameters are all converging nicely for growth in the emerging markets similar to the growth we saw in 99-01 in Europe and Asia.

Are we ready, though?

Link: Why Emerging Markets Get So Much Attention at MobHappy.

Warid signs up three million users in 300 days

Pakistan mobile operator Warid Telecom says it has signed up more than three million customers since launching in May 2005 and has revealed plans to invest USD1 billion in its network over the next fifteen months. In a statement Warid Telecom said it had invested USD450 million in the first phase of its network rollout, achieving coverage of 100 cities and their surrounding areas, up from 29 cities at launch.

Maybe we are missing the point. I think we’re just confunding ourselves with semantics. Does it matter if we define things as a computer or a mobile device? I think Russ does a good job here (link below) in focusing more on the tasks rather than what the device is called.

I’ve been talking about ‘mobile vs PC’ for so long I’ve come to realize that it’s meaningless. Let’s talk about what we need to get done and just use the right device.

What do you think?

Link: When Your Mobile is Your Computer at MobHappy.

My vision is that our mobiles are going to morph into something like our digital, thin client, key to our digital data, as well as a communication device. Sometimes we’ll access that data directly, as it’s stored on our phones – much as we might keep games on there today. And some will be stored on the web, so we’ll use our phones as a way of accessing and unlocking this data.