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.Mobi Could Spur Wireless Web
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Microsoft, Google, Vodafone, Nokia and several other companies are backing .mobi, a new top-level domain aimed at making it easier to browse the Web on mobile devices, such as cellphones and PDAs, the Wall Street Journal reports. On Monday, Mobile Top Level Domain opened registration. 'In a matter of hours, thousands of websites were signed up, including Yahoo.mobi and Hotjobs.mobi. For now, registration for dot-mobi Web sites is open only to members of wireless industry trade associations, which include wireless carriers, handset manufacturers and media companies, including Yahoo Inc., that want to make money from providing content to the wireless Web.' Registrants have to follow certain rules to get the domain, including that sites cannot 'cause pop-ups or other windows to appear.'"
That's the last think I need... as if talking on my cell phone wasn't bad enough while driving.
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Given the generally awful text input systems on mobile devices, why create a TLD that is four characters long? It's still easier to type .com!
What should they call it? "mob"? The top-level domain for all organised crime organisations in need of a site.
I knew someone would finally come up with this technological breakthrough that allows "The Mobile Web" to finally take off. Its not better screens, useable input devices, durable equipment with long battery life and low cost, cheap available bandwidth, or security end users can be confident in. No. None of these. The missing key has been the .mobi top level domain. Now, we can all get down to the business of using it and making money.
1. Invent the internet.
2. Create wireless Phones.
3. Convince end users that the internet is the web
4. Sell devices that can connect to the internet
5. Wait around for a dozen years.
6. Create a '.mobi' top level domain
7. Profit!
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Are you kidding? It's a conspiracy!! That 4th character is more data the mobile carriers can charge for using! If it were up to them the TLD would be .mobilenowonderwechargesomuchforunlimitedrateplans whydidntwethinkofthisearlier.
I *really* want to register starbuck.mobi and wait for the domain name squatting suits to begin from the coffee company that is squatting on the domain name of a literary character.
We could also have ahab.mobi, ishmael.mobi, and so forth...
We could offer ringtones of narrated portions of the Melville novel....
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A whole new interpretation of the phrase "Call me, Ishmael!"
"But all your emitter and collector are belong to me!"