Comments on: The iPhone question – and why Arrington is wrong http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/15/the-iphone-question-and-why-arrington-is-wrong/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:53:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Looking for tech maven bloggers who “get” mobile : Rahul Gaitonde http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/15/the-iphone-question-and-why-arrington-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-4610 Looking for tech maven bloggers who “get” mobile : Rahul Gaitonde Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:27:42 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/?p=516#comment-4610 [...] of what the future of mobile is, without considering what is happening around the world. I have spoken about this before. Coverage of mass usage of mobile phones, innovation in hardware  (not just with top-end phones) [...] [...] of what the future of mobile is, without considering what is happening around the world. I have spoken about this before. Coverage of mass usage of mobile phones, innovation in hardware  (not just with top-end phones) [...]

]]> By: Sarit http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/15/the-iphone-question-and-why-arrington-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-2532 Sarit Thu, 08 May 2008 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/?p=516#comment-2532 Apart from things pointed out by Rahul here, another aspect of the low usage of internet on the mobile phones is the prohibitively high tariff structures by most of the operators. The base cost of getting hooked is close to 50-75% of the average ARPU generated by the mobile users. Add to that the access charges based on per kB of download and you are in scenario where only a select few would like to use mobile for accessing the net. Apart from things pointed out by Rahul here, another aspect of the low usage of internet on the mobile phones is the prohibitively high tariff structures by most of the operators. The base cost of getting hooked is close to 50-75% of the average ARPU generated by the mobile users. Add to that the access charges based on per kB of download and you are in scenario where only a select few would like to use mobile for accessing the net.

]]> By: HOWTO: Tagging blog posts to boost blog traffic : Rahul Gaitonde http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/15/the-iphone-question-and-why-arrington-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 HOWTO: Tagging blog posts to boost blog traffic : Rahul Gaitonde Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:15:08 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/?p=516#comment-2186 [...] The iPhone question - and why Arrington is wrong [...] [...] The iPhone question – and why Arrington is wrong [...]

]]> By: Rahul http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/15/the-iphone-question-and-why-arrington-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 Rahul Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:27:44 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/?p=516#comment-1895 @Tom - "mobile user behavior" is just the term. We seem to want to replicate state of the art PC applications today (in-browser apps, ad-supported) on the mobile. But Mobile just isn't ready for that yet. For several reasons: * hardware+screen size * lack of ubiquitous high-speed mobile data connections * carrier-enforced walled gardens * primitive software So it looks like we need to go through one more evolutionary cycle before mobile applications reach parity with their PC counterparts. Hence my argument in my previous post about native/Java apps. The iPhone is a different kettle of fish altogether. @Tom – “mobile user behavior” is just the term. We seem to want to replicate state of the art PC applications today (in-browser apps, ad-supported) on the mobile.

But Mobile just isn’t ready for that yet. For several reasons:
* hardware+screen size
* lack of ubiquitous high-speed mobile data connections
* carrier-enforced walled gardens
* primitive software

So it looks like we need to go through one more evolutionary cycle before mobile applications reach parity with their PC counterparts. Hence my argument in my previous post about native/Java apps. The iPhone is a different kettle of fish altogether.

]]> By: Tom Limongello http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/15/the-iphone-question-and-why-arrington-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1883 Tom Limongello Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:33:00 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/?p=516#comment-1883 Rahul - nice pickup of the cherry picking argument that iPhone users are the best users, so giving the whole world iPhones immediately doesn't solve anything. You still need to create an application that gets everyone interested. It's probably too complicated to get that over in a short post but it's true that the iPhone is the savior argument just makes people think that you don't have to think about mobile user behavior anymore. Rahul – nice pickup of the cherry picking argument that iPhone users are the best users, so giving the whole world iPhones immediately doesn’t solve anything. You still need to create an application that gets everyone interested. It’s probably too complicated to get that over in a short post but it’s true that the iPhone is the savior argument just makes people think that you don’t have to think about mobile user behavior anymore.

]]> By: Raman http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/15/the-iphone-question-and-why-arrington-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1833 Raman Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:21:05 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/?p=516#comment-1833 In fact, i think that survey is unfair because there is a good chance that a major chunk of iPhone users bought it for their web usage & therefore if 85% used web from iPhone, its astatistic against them! Secondly, while we argue too much on quality, software & hardware, i think awareness levels & time available are two major issues - in countries like the US & UK where awareness is high, time available to browse the net for services is low. And we in India can find time but awareness, along with services available through internet are poor. In fact, i think that survey is unfair because there is a good chance that a major chunk of iPhone users bought it for their web usage & therefore if 85% used web from iPhone, its astatistic against them!

Secondly, while we argue too much on quality, software & hardware, i think awareness levels & time available are two major issues – in countries like the US & UK where awareness is high, time available to browse the net for services is low. And we in India can find time but awareness, along with services available through internet are poor.

]]> By: Why did Mowser fail? : Rahul Gaitonde http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2008/04/15/the-iphone-question-and-why-arrington-is-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 Why did Mowser fail? : Rahul Gaitonde Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:44:56 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/?p=516#comment-1831 [...] The iPhone question - and why Arrington is wrong [...] [...] The iPhone question – and why Arrington is wrong [...]

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