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Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 6
October 17, 2011 by Jeff Yee
This final entry in my six-part series takes us to today, and the state of the mobile Internet as a force that will continue to impact our lives and will guarantee rapid technological changes and advances for tomorrow.
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October 10, 2011 by Jeff Yee
The sluggish growth of the mobile Internet took a leap in 2007 with Apple’s iPhone. By sticking to Apple’s core business plan that put users and developers first, the iPhone put Apple at the top of the barrel.
Read full post »Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 4
October 3, 2011 by Jeff Yee
Part 4 of my six-part series on the history of the mobile Internet takes us back to the early 2000s, and the bumpy road traveled by the U.S. and Europe that took the mobile Internet from promise to product.
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September 26, 2011 by Jeff Yee
Why did AT&T’s first mobile Internet phone, PocketNet, fail in 1997? And what helped Japan’s NTTDOCOMO’s venture, the i-mode, succeed in 1999? A healthy versus an unhealthy developers’ ecosystem. And content.
Read full post »Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 2
September 19, 2011 by Jeff Yee
Part 2 of my six-part series on the history of the mobile Internet traces the first mobile Internet phone back to 1997, when AT&T launched the PocketNet.
Read full post »Mobile Web: History of the Mobile Internet, Part 1
September 12, 2011 by Jeff Yee
Part 1 of my six-part series on the history of the mobile Internet goes back to 1989, when British physicist, Tim Berners-Lee, merged hypertext with the Internet to create the World Wide Web.
Read full post »Mobile Web: Survey Illustrates That Mobile Performance Matters
July 29, 2011 by Jeff Yee
A recent survey by Equation Research illustrates that most mobile users want their Web sites to be fast on the load (5+ seconds) or else. No second chances.
Read full post »Mobile Web: What Does Last Call for HTML5 Really Mean?
June 21, 2011 by Jeff Yee
Should we belly up, or back away, from imbibing the W3C announcement of last call for HTML5?
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