The "mobile Web" - short for surfing the internet with a mobile device - is moving ahead. New smartphones, wireless devices, and flexible carriers are making interface, on the go, easier than ever. Some analysts predict that mobile Web will be bigger than desktop Internet in as little as 5 years. Wireless evolution is expected to give customers more options and better service. With so much opportunity, companies are competing for a strong position in the virtual, mobile market.
Race is on for Mobile Web's pot of gold
By Leslie Cauley
USA TODAY
Jan. 10th, 2008
AT&T and Verizon Wireless lately have embraced the idea of giving consumers greater control over the wireless devices and applications they use, such as e-mail, downloading and picture-sharing.Warming up to "consumer choice" is a new riff, to say the least. For years, both have pushed cheap, subsidized handsets to grow their wireless businesses; they penalized these same customers by imposing a raft of restrictions on devices and applications....Meanwhile, Google (GOOG) has been trying to tell cellphone carriers how to run their wireless businesses and treat customers. Who? While it's a monster in desktop Web searches, Google is just another widget on the handset in the mobile world - like Yahoo (YHOO) or e-mail. Google has no wireless experience or even a customer care unit.
Has the wireless world gone crazy?
The short answer: You bet....
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