Crown Mobile Convergence

Google Phone 2.0?

Is Google continuing its push into the mobile market? This recent post called "Forget iPhone, Think Google Phone" suggest that it might be. More...

Links: Orange, HTC, GigaOM

Mobile Ready?

What does your site look like on a mobile phone? Test it here.

From the dotMobi site:

"Researchers at IDC say that 1.3 billion people will connect to the Internet via mobile phones by 2008. To see your site the same way that millions of mobile phone users do, use the .mobi mobile Emulator, which 'emulates' a real mobile phone Internet browser."

Sun's Mobile Convergence

From Jonathan Schwartz's CEO Blog last week (Sun's new CEO):

"...I was asked a simple question by an investor last week, "what's the one thing you think the market doesn't understand about Sun's opportunity?"

My response: that the majority of the world will use the internet through their phones, not through a PC.

... nearly 5x the number of people buy a phone each year, than buy a PC, the conclusion seems obvious. ...that most people in the world will first experience the internet on their handset. Which means most businesses in the world trying to reach those consumers or leverage the internet should broaden their horizons.

We certainly are."

From Jonathan Schwartz's CEO Blog last week (Sun's new CEO):

"...I was asked a simple question by an investor last week, "what's the one thing you think the market doesn't understand about Sun's opportunity?"

My response: that the majority of the world will use the internet through their phones, not through a PC.

... nearly 5x the number of people buy a phone each year, than buy a PC, the conclusion seems obvious. ...that most people in the world will first experience the internet on their handset. Which means most businesses in the world trying to reach those consumers or leverage the internet should broaden their horizons.

We certainly are."

"Twice As Many Mobile Phones Than PCs In Use Globally"

In my post below, Google's co-founder Larry Page said "...there are at least twice as many mobile phones than PCs in use globally, and mobile usage is growing faster than PCs...".

Additionally, there are over 150 million people in the US using cell phones with wireless Internet capability, however, less than 30 million of those people are actually using their wireless Internet capability. That number is expected to grow in the next 3 to 5 years to over 100 million people using their wireless Internet service.

What is Crown's Mobile Convergence strategy?

Is Crown ready to serve up content and products to 100 million people yet?

What would that cost Crown in terms of resources to deliver?

What would that cost Crown if they didn't?

Is there a SaaS Mobile Content providing platform out there that could partner with Crown to serve up all their content and products to the Mobile market constituents?

If so, what's their business model?

Would they accept a revenue share business model from Crown?

Your Future Phone By Google?

Last year, Google quietly bought Android, Andy Rubin's 22-month-old start-up that described itself solely as a maker of software for mobile phones. Google's co-founder, Larry Page, said:

"We are bringing more of our products to mobile phone users. Since there are at least twice as many mobile phones than PCs in use globally, and mobile usage is growing faster than PCs, we want to make Google available in a device- independent way"

Interesting sidebar: Andy Rubin is also the president and CEO of Danger, Inc., that provides mobile devices and platforms like their latest unit, Sidekick 3, marketed exclusively by T-Mobile. Danger's business model could put Google right in the middle of the rapidly accelerating mobile Internet race.

Last year, Google quietly bought Android, Andy Rubin's 22-month-old start-up that described itself solely as a maker of software for mobile phones. Google's co-founder, Larry Page, said:

"We are bringing more of our products to mobile phone users. Since there are at least twice as many mobile phones than PCs in use globally, and mobile usage is growing faster than PCs, we want to make Google available in a device- independent way"

Interesting sidebar: Andy Rubin is also the president and CEO of Danger, Inc., that provides mobile devices and platforms like their latest unit, Sidekick 3, marketed exclusively by T-Mobile. Danger's business model could put Google right in the middle of the rapidly accelerating mobile Internet race.