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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
I think that mobile phones are only going to get more powerfull and charges for
internet will drop and this will mean that the current websites we have now
will work just fine on mobile phones in just a matter of months.
You can already use Opera mini, or FireFox 4 on mobile phones.
For this reason, I think that by the time my websites "go mobile" it won't even
be needed.
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im with you, i think data charges will have to drop significantly if the usage is to grow by the amount suggested in the article
that being said, i have a bottomless data plan with my phone and so i can view a normal website on a mobile now. Can i see everything that is written on the site? can i play videos on it? will i likely bounce out of the site and go to one that is properly rendered for a small screen and pay for my product there instead?
the other thing to think about is that billing options on mobile make it so much easier to convert its traffic hence why conversions on mobile are higher. If a user can simply click and buy and pay for it with his next phone bill, the conversion is much higher than asking someone to get their credit card out when they are: at work/on the hoof/tube/bus/car/train/living room with the mrs in the other corner................
my point being that you will still need to go out and get operator billing in place if you want to give yourself the best chance of converting your traffic even if your site is viewable on a mobile phone so now is as good a time as any to organise it no?