In a previous life (well in the UK) I worked in a phone centre and spent hours a day on the phone and I also had a mobile phone , or a cell phone if you are American, on me 24/7..
Since moving to the USA and working online I don’t think I have used a cell phone more than 20 times in 2 years.. so I am not really keeping up with developments in the field.
Lucky enough we have a teenager in the house..
Last night we finally went out to get new phones, nothing was wrong with the old ones but my wife felt we could get a better deal and replace our old phones (2 years old is ancient in cell phone terms apparently).
I spent some time looking at cell phones with large full color screens, email, Instant messenger and windows something or other installed..
The sales guy was showing me how he IM’s with his wife and showed me some sites as well..
So with the huge jumps in cell phone technology are phones becoming the browsing method of choice for a generation?
I know that there is a fair amount of Porn available for phone users (that is one group that is always ahead of the game) But what about teh rest of us?
Are you designing products or information specifically with cell phone users in mind?
Should we as marketers be looking at cell phones as a income stream?
If I can ever work out how my new phone works maybe I will see what I can make it do…
Or maybe I should get my 15 year old to do it all for me..