Comments on: .mobi .sucks .eggs http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:06:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Technological Winter » Blog Archives » About dotMobi(.mobi) the newest domain on the web http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html/comment-page-1#comment-2590 Technological Winter » Blog Archives » About dotMobi(.mobi) the newest domain on the web Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:58:10 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html#comment-2590 [...] A friend of mine has a specialist website that he publishes only about mobile information, news, and products if you want to read more about it check out these posts if you want to visit his home page go to SMSTextNews: • dotMobi auctions top ten domains - reaction: SMSTextNews • Looking at .mobi: SMSTextNews • .mobi .sucks .eggs: SMSTextNew • dotMobi news, and information: Technorati Search .mobi • GoDaddy and more IT mis-information: BlogPC, marketing distortion and out-right lies from the dotMobi supporters [...] [...] A friend of mine has a specialist website that he publishes only about mobile information, news, and products if you want to read more about it check out these posts if you want to visit his home page go to SMSTextNews: • dotMobi auctions top ten domains – reaction: SMSTextNews • Looking at .mobi: SMSTextNews • .mobi .sucks .eggs: SMSTextNew • dotMobi news, and information: Technorati Search .mobi • GoDaddy and more IT mis-information: BlogPC, marketing distortion and out-right lies from the dotMobi supporters [...]

]]> By: Vance Hedderel, Director, PR and Communications, dotMobi http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html/comment-page-1#comment-721 Vance Hedderel, Director, PR and Communications, dotMobi Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:34:28 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html#comment-721 I'm always surprised by the vehemence people express in regards to the perceived effort in typing ".mobi"; I suspect you will start to see mobiles with ".mobi" programmed in the interface, so the typing issue -- if it is an issue -- becomes moot. However, in the comments above, I'm more surprised by Shawn McCollum’s comment that he's "worried that mobi will become a large walled garden." We've talked about this on in our blog's "Misconceptions" series (see http://dotmobi.typepad.com/dotmobi/misconceptions/index.html). The short answer: (1) the freeform address entry required to enter a .mobi URL is the antithesis of a walled garden, (2) the business model of a walled garden of content and services has not worked (think AOL) and (3) of the 13 investors in mTLD, only three are mobile operators -- the rest are device manufacturers, service operators and software companies, none of whom stand to gain from a walled garden. I’m always surprised by the vehemence people express in regards to the perceived effort in typing “.mobi”; I suspect you will start to see mobiles with “.mobi” programmed in the interface, so the typing issue — if it is an issue — becomes moot.

However, in the comments above, I’m more surprised by Shawn McCollum’s comment that he’s “worried that mobi will become a large walled garden.”

We’ve talked about this on in our blog’s “Misconceptions” series (see http://dotmobi.typepad.com/dotmobi/misconceptions/index.html). The short answer: (1) the freeform address entry required to enter a .mobi URL is the antithesis of a walled garden, (2) the business model of a walled garden of content and services has not worked (think AOL) and (3) of the 13 investors in mTLD, only three are mobile operators — the rest are device manufacturers, service operators and software companies, none of whom stand to gain from a walled garden.

]]> By: Dan Lane http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html/comment-page-1#comment-618 Dan Lane Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:47:20 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html#comment-618 Like Shawn we bought our .mobi for protection. IMHO it's a waste of time. The most obvious lack of forethought (for me, at least) is that the TLD is designed for mobile devices... I'd say that around 99% of these devices have touchtone style keypads. Now assuming I don't like predictive text (in fact, I hate it) I have to press: 666622444 to type MOBI... I probably have to wait or press *, # or 0 after the first 6 to get the curser to let me type the next character since M and O both share the 6 key. I can't think of a better TLD for mobile devices because mobile devices DON'T NEED a TLD, especially not one that's longer than the current mainstream TLDs. Like Shawn we bought our .mobi for protection. IMHO it’s a waste of time.

The most obvious lack of forethought (for me, at least) is that the TLD is designed for mobile devices… I’d say that around 99% of these devices have touchtone style keypads. Now assuming I don’t like predictive text (in fact, I hate it) I have to press: 666622444 to type MOBI… I probably have to wait or press *, # or 0 after the first 6 to get the curser to let me type the next character since M and O both share the 6 key.

I can’t think of a better TLD for mobile devices because mobile devices DON’T NEED a TLD, especially not one that’s longer than the current mainstream TLDs.

]]> By: Shawn McCollum http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html/comment-page-1#comment-617 Shawn McCollum Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:01:27 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2006/10/mobi_sucks_eggs.html#comment-617 I'd be more likely to use .mp for a mobile domain but the cost is $300. It's also a bit weird in how their pushing it, but after seeing $300 my interest quickly went away. I'm really quite happy with .com and after blogs like engadget turned on auto detect for their mobile version, I just wonder why a mobile domain is really needed I think that mobi was used because it was dreamed up by business people and marketers. dot mob just doesn't carry the marketing message that it's for phones where mobi sounds close. I did buy one for my site for protection, i'm just hoping that it becomes pointless in two years so I don't have give any more money to this racket. Plus I'm worried that mobi will become a large walled garden I’d be more likely to use .mp for a mobile domain but the cost is $300. It’s also a bit weird in how their pushing it, but after seeing $300 my interest quickly went away. I’m really quite happy with .com and after blogs like engadget turned on auto detect for their mobile version, I just wonder why a mobile domain is really needed

I think that mobi was used because it was dreamed up by business people and marketers. dot mob just doesn’t carry the marketing message that it’s for phones where mobi sounds close.

I did buy one for my site for protection, i’m just hoping that it becomes pointless in two years so I don’t have give any more money to this racket. Plus I’m worried that mobi will become a large walled garden

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