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Russell Beattie has a post with lots of interesting stuff about mobile Internet. Yes, mobile companies, you are beginning to get it. The Internet shouldn’t be charged by the minute. That model sucked in 1994 and it sucks now. Why do I use web mail? Attention and sychronization. I use two machines on my desktop and at least 2 public terminals. Gmail handles all that, and keeps my attention data and address book all synced up when I access it on my mobile. It is also easier. On my V3, I can hit menu-9 and get to my Gmail in twenty seconds. Usual gripe about charges though, though they are at least better than public wifi. £1 a day for GPRS is doable - just. £10 a day for wifi isn’t something you do too often unless you’ve got an expense account (and how many people with expense accounts that support a heavy Starbucks wifi habit have anybody with a clue on the other end of them?). The Internet blossoms when it becomes as available as tap water. And the mobile Internet has yet to reach the price when it is like tap water.
