FACE 2 FACE Is the internet’s future shifting to mobile phones?

The very nature of content and services will evolve

Posted: 2007-04-02 00:12:17+05:30 IST
Updated: Apr 02, 2007 at 0012 hrs IST

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Opera) pre-loaded on the phone. Newer applications, such as Yahoo Go and Webaroo for Mobiles, are emerging as alternatives to the browser. These applications store content locally to deliver a fast, free and always-on access to the web.

More commerce will be conducted via mobile phones, such as buying cinema tickets, mobile payments, etc. Mobile advertising will emerge as an alternative revenue source that will subsidise many new services for users. Thus the change will happen incrementally, yet rapidly, even before the proverbial ink is dry on this page.

—The writer is CTO and co-founder, Webaroo...

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