The Mobile Web Moves Forward
The Mobile Web Moves Forward
By David Garrett
November 17, 2006 8:19AM
High speed or not, and despite the emergence of all-you-can-eat wireless broadband services like 3 Group's, the mobile Web has yet to set U.S. users aflame -- even though Sprint, Verizon, Cingular, and others with huge investments in high-speed networks hope it will. According to Avi Greengart of Current Analysis, consumers' demands for cell phone features start with voice and proceed to SMS, then ringtones, then games, after which comes everything else.
The mobile Web is moving forward -- slowly. This week, 3 Group, a provider of mobile broadband in Europe, announced a new service, called the X-Series, that combines two new phones with all-you-can-eat mobile broadband in markets that have been dominated by pay-per-click or metered-download plans.
The company did not release the exact price of its new service, but plans to do so by year's end. 3's new plan also has some powerful partners -- among them Yahoo, eBay, Google, Skype, Orb, and Sling, which lets users of high-speed handsets download and watch TV they recorded at home.
The Skype partnership is one of 3's more intriguing moves, because it lets users make phone calls over their cell phone's Internet connection using VoIP technology, paying nothing for the call.
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By David Garrett
November 17, 2006 8:19AM
High speed or not, and despite the emergence of all-you-can-eat wireless broadband services like 3 Group's, the mobile Web has yet to set U.S. users aflame -- even though Sprint, Verizon, Cingular, and others with huge investments in high-speed networks hope it will. According to Avi Greengart of Current Analysis, consumers' demands for cell phone features start with voice and proceed to SMS, then ringtones, then games, after which comes everything else.
The mobile Web is moving forward -- slowly. This week, 3 Group, a provider of mobile broadband in Europe, announced a new service, called the X-Series, that combines two new phones with all-you-can-eat mobile broadband in markets that have been dominated by pay-per-click or metered-download plans.
The company did not release the exact price of its new service, but plans to do so by year's end. 3's new plan also has some powerful partners -- among them Yahoo, eBay, Google, Skype, Orb, and Sling, which lets users of high-speed handsets download and watch TV they recorded at home.
The Skype partnership is one of 3's more intriguing moves, because it lets users make phone calls over their cell phone's Internet connection using VoIP technology, paying nothing for the call.
Read more
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