Comments on: What is the future of the phone in a social world? http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/01/11/what-is-the-future-of-the-phone-in-a-social-world/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jevon MacDonald http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/01/11/what-is-the-future-of-the-phone-in-a-social-world/comment-page-1/#comment-207631 Jevon MacDonald Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:15:24 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=1282#comment-207631 Deano: I agree with you on everything but your point about Google's acquisition behavior. I think they do have a history of letting things rot. Jaiku is a good example, the service has not gone anywhere since being purchased by google. The most famous case is probably Dodgeball which was an incredible service but died on Google's watch, and there is also Feedburner which is completely stagnant. Deano: I agree with you on everything but your point about Google’s acquisition behavior. I think they do have a history of letting things rot. Jaiku is a good example, the service has not gone anywhere since being purchased by google. The most famous case is probably Dodgeball which was an incredible service but died on Google’s watch, and there is also Feedburner which is completely stagnant.

]]> By: Deano http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/01/11/what-is-the-future-of-the-phone-in-a-social-world/comment-page-1/#comment-207565 Deano Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:48:26 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=1282#comment-207565 But, here's my question - As great as Grandcentral is, can its relevancy and impact even be counted if it "effectively ceased to be" for any new customers as of July? What good is even the perfect consumer telephony tool, once it becomes clear that NO future consumer can take advantage of it? The odd thing is, it's rare for Google to stumble over something so blatantly for so long and not just shut down the service entirely... AND no one else has taken up the mantle of this type of service with the same crystal clarity (fear of Google?). Maybe the phone is really dead, and no one has realized it yet. But it would be sad if phones and phone numbers couldn't outlast cable/satellite. :/ But, here’s my question –

As great as Grandcentral is, can its relevancy and impact even be counted if it “effectively ceased to be” for any new customers as of July? What good is even the perfect consumer telephony tool, once it becomes clear that NO future consumer can take advantage of it?

The odd thing is, it’s rare for Google to stumble over something so blatantly for so long and not just shut down the service entirely… AND no one else has taken up the mantle of this type of service with the same crystal clarity (fear of Google?).

Maybe the phone is really dead, and no one has realized it yet. But it would be sad if phones and phone numbers couldn’t outlast cable/satellite. :/

]]> By: vanderwal http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/01/11/what-is-the-future-of-the-phone-in-a-social-world/comment-page-1/#comment-207250 vanderwal Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:43:48 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=1282#comment-207250 A really nice piece bringing in the realities of the mobile phone beyond live voice and just voice. I have been seeing this shift heavily in the tech savvy crowd in the last 5 years in the US. Outside the US it is much more pronounced. But, this last year to 18 months the US has come to embrace their mobile phones as much more than voice. Blackberries started pushing this shift a few years ago, but bandwidth for web browsing in the past 18 months opened the gateway for more use. The iPhone also opened awareness of that has been possible and is possible to the masses through their marketing. A really nice piece bringing in the realities of the mobile phone beyond live voice and just voice. I have been seeing this shift heavily in the tech savvy crowd in the last 5 years in the US. Outside the US it is much more pronounced. But, this last year to 18 months the US has come to embrace their mobile phones as much more than voice. Blackberries started pushing this shift a few years ago, but bandwidth for web browsing in the past 18 months opened the gateway for more use. The iPhone also opened awareness of that has been possible and is possible to the masses through their marketing.

]]> By: AGORACOM - George http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/01/11/what-is-the-future-of-the-phone-in-a-social-world/comment-page-1/#comment-207197 AGORACOM - George Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:36:22 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=1282#comment-207197 Jevon, looks like you and I are both thinking mobile this week. The catalyst for me came from my recent trip to Disney. Have a read of the first two paragraphs here: http://tinyurl.com/AgoracomMobile Great original thinking on mashing up social network activity with the handset. Gives me a lot of food for thought. George Jevon, looks like you and I are both thinking mobile this week. The catalyst for me came from my recent trip to Disney. Have a read of the first two paragraphs here: http://tinyurl.com/AgoracomMobile

Great original thinking on mashing up social network activity with the handset. Gives me a lot of food for thought.

George

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