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Old 08-25-2010, 01:14 PM  
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Thanks and sorry my mobile bias does shine thru a bit. However, purely in the interest of debate, especially with someone with a mind I respect. I have a few thoughts.
I'm totally bias towards mobile


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I think there are way to many other forces at work on the PC internet besides just mobile to equate the drop in PC sales directly to mobile devices. I believe it would be a rarity for someone with dollars to spend on porn to chose a mobile purchase over a PC purchase if a PC was readily available. The exception would be text based services.
Lots of people buy porn on a mobile device, it's 3-5% of the traffic and equal to the buying power of the PC Internet. People are using the device for email, life, chat, business, etc. The need to use a PC to get that fix or for any reason, is going away.

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In regards to the countries that are choosing smartphones over PCs. Those countries choose a cheaper device for a reason, they have less disposable income. Mobile products in these countries need to be priced very low and in most cases too low to allow for the revenue to be sliced and diced the way it currently is and find it's way to the products owner in significant amount. Of the countries mentioned how many are a flat out wash to even enter with a decent product of any kind?
It's only about price in some Countries, for most it's about Internet Speed. The people can have money to spend, they just don't Internet or the PC Internet they do have is complete shit or restricted to internet cafe because of a limited amount of bandwidth.

Mobile devices have lifted that limit... these are people with money to spend and the mobile device offers the ability to spend money, without a credit card - in some Countries.

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True, but that will eventually be an expected feature of video on all devices across the board. I believe when you talk the potential of 3D the users best experience will be in front of the largest screen possible. The real money here is in convergence technology over PC or mobile.
As these years pass by, the mobile device will be able to plug into your TV/projector and play whatever movies you want, streaming or live. The Mobile phone will become faster than the PC is.


No worries, no anti-anything going on here... We're all here to make some money. Mobile isn't a cake walk, it's for sure not something you slap up and walk away from. The technology is an extreme pain in the ass and changes all the time, it has no real standard. But that's why I think it's here to stay. However if 3D is hot and can pull in the numbers, then no reason to ignore it either - for sure when it will work on so many technologies.
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