.MOBI, the rise of Mobile Internet
Mobile phones (or Cell Phones) are a modern must-have accessory. No longer a big brick that you carry around with you to simply make a phone call, the mobile phone has become a necessity. It is also a feature-rich tool and an extension of your personality.
Mobile Phones are everywhere. From Zurich to Zanzibar the world has embraced mobile devices with great enthusiasm, and in particular the net-savvy Gen-Yers and business executives. Whether it’s the Chic fashion accessory that sits in your handbag which you can pull out to impress your friends at Friday night drinks or the feature rich phone that lets you do most of your work from that tropical island escape; the phone that doubles as a music player with the abrupt ring tones that annoys everyone in the office or the trendy Apple Iphone, these days everyone is connected.
Telephone companies in Australia are replacing traditional CDMA Networks with High-speed 3G networks for improved voice and data services. In 2008, the sale of mobile phones globally is outperforming computers by 4-to-1, with over 70% of mobile phones already enabled for Internet access, it is evident that Internet usage on mobile phones is on the brink of something huge.
One can already see evidence of this emerging phenomenon when commuting to work by train with executives checking their email, stocks and news on their blackberry or PDA-phone, whilst high-school students chat with friends on Instant Messenger, update their Facebook profiles or watching videos on YouTube.
.MOBI Domains
Dot MOBI is the Domain Extension exclusive for Mobile Phones. Websites operating on a .MOBI domain name are required to present their website in a format that is compatible and friendly with Mobile Phone handsets, so that the layout of the site fits, and easy on the eye when viewed on a smaller screen.
.MOBI launched in late 2005, and has proved to be a massive success with over 500,000 domains registered within the first year, and the popularity of some domains seeing domains such flowers.mobi fetch $200,000 at auction.
PlanetDomain is one of only three Registrars in Australia currently accredited for .MOBI domains, and our development team are working on the implementation of .MOBI Top Level Domain in our system, which we expect to come online in Early May 2008.
With more feature-rich handsets flying off store-shelves daily, and our need to stay constantly connected, mobile phones will play a major role in our browsing habits and access to information in the years to come. .MOBI is a major part of that growth in Mobile Internet Usage - will you be ready for that growth?
Register domains today with PlanetDomain.
Tags: .MOBI, Domain Names, Mobile Internet
