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Old 21-09-2006, 10:50 AM
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The .mobi TLD will become available to the public shortly (it's currently only open to trademark holders etc.,)
Do you think it's going to have a future or will it be yet another damp squid like me.uk or .name?
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I'd have to say this will probably become very big amongst the mobile network operators themselves - especially those who do mobile blogging/storage systems (plug plug), and more of the US operators will probably use this too.

That said, I dont see joe bloggs using it as frequently as the .com
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Anyone remember WAP? There will be some speculation but only a few will make money - the rest will be stuck with useless domains - just like .eu gTLD. However .mobi does seem to be better managed so it could be a limited success.

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Curiously I wonder if the SE's will add any weight to .mobi domains in their mobile search portals?

It seems that the handset makers are gradually moving toward higher res screens and you would have to wonder if mobile arena will take off some time?

Suppose it needs a catalyst - cheaper data prices?
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FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Arrival of ‘dotmobi’ domain raises concerns

Interesting FT article about .mobi - not very supportive to say the least.
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Old 25-09-2006, 07:58 PM
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The article covers most of the salient points pretty comprehensively.
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The article covers most of the salient points pretty comprehensively.
Yep - if only the Irish technology journalists could be so lucid. The whole .eu fiasco seems to have completely bypassed them and with respect to .mobi, it will only be a press release that makes it into their publications.

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And what about .tel ?
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