Comments on: ‘Mobile Social Networking’ Already Claims Millions Of Users http://searchengineland.com/mobile-social-networking-already-claims-millions-of-users-11958 Search Engine Land: Must Read News About Search Marketing & Search Engines Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:49:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tobto http://searchengineland.com/mobile-social-networking-already-claims-millions-of-users-11958/comment-page-1#comment-3621 tobto Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:04:08 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/beta/mobile-social-networking-already-claims-millions-of-users-11958.php#comment-3621 I guess 'it will be social media functionality as a component of mobile applications of all types' isn't correct. Mobile social networking IS a new personal type of media. After launching personal mobile Linux server in every mobile phones, arriving G4 high-speed networks - we will see that mobile social networkings are absolutely the new water. I guess ‘it will be social media functionality as a component of mobile applications of all types’ isn’t correct. Mobile social networking IS a new personal type of media. After launching personal mobile Linux server in every mobile phones, arriving G4 high-speed networks – we will see that mobile social networkings are absolutely the new water.

]]> By: 3 Guppies http://searchengineland.com/mobile-social-networking-already-claims-millions-of-users-11958/comment-page-1#comment-3620 3 Guppies Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:11:17 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/beta/mobile-social-networking-already-claims-millions-of-users-11958.php#comment-3620 “Ultimately 'mobile social networking' shouldn't be seen simply as the mobile version of established social networking sites; it will be social media functionality as a component of mobile applications of all types.” I absolutely agree. Social media functionality as a component of mobile applications will evolve over the next yet. Currently, people are using SMS and even picture mail on mobile phones to post from the phone to web services. They want to say, “Here I am. This is what I am doing!” The masses are also consuming social media on their phones in one-off, non-interactive ways. Soon, however, this will become interactive, two-way, with a richer mobile experience, not requiring consumers of this content to be sitting in front of a computer. People will start to use pictures and video (along with text) on their phones a lot more to post to social networks/web services, but these services will be able to immediately broadcast user submissions back out to friends’ mobile phones for immediate consumption. Friends will be able to interact with the media, comment on it and share it with others. In the short term, SMS, MMS, and WAP will be the conduit of this interactivity until it becomes easier, cheaper, and more standardized to actually create custom apps for individual handsets, or the WAP/Web experience improves dramatically on handsets (as the iPhone is showing some promise). “Ultimately ‘mobile social networking’ shouldn’t be seen simply as the mobile version of established social networking sites; it will be social media functionality as a component of mobile applications of all types.”

I absolutely agree. Social media functionality as a component of mobile applications will evolve over the next yet.

Currently, people are using SMS and even picture mail on mobile phones to post from the phone to web services. They want to say, “Here I am. This is what I am doing!” The masses are also consuming social media on their phones in one-off, non-interactive ways.

Soon, however, this will become interactive, two-way, with a richer mobile experience, not requiring consumers of this content to be sitting in front of a computer. People will start to use pictures and video (along with text) on their phones a lot more to post to social networks/web services, but these services will be able to immediately broadcast user submissions back out to friends’ mobile phones for immediate consumption. Friends will be able to interact with the media, comment on it and share it with others.

In the short term, SMS, MMS, and WAP will be the conduit of this interactivity until it becomes easier, cheaper, and more standardized to actually create custom apps for individual handsets, or the WAP/Web experience improves dramatically on handsets (as the iPhone is showing some promise).

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