Comments on: Barriers to Mobile Adoption http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2006/02/07/Barriers-to-Mobile-Adoption/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Michael Taylor http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2006/02/07/Barriers-to-Mobile-Adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-568 Having spent the last 6 years working with a company in Japan, your comments about culture and social situations is absolutely true when it comes to using the web on mobile handsets. Asians are extremely mobile, due in large part to smaller homes and a higher need to be socially active both in business and in their personal lives. Convenience and multi-use are also highly demanded and sought after features. Broadband is slowly building mainly due to the same mobile mentality driven by smaller Asian homes and apartments.

Mobile web acceptance in Japan and Asia is being driven not only by the mobile providers, but by numerous companies seeking to utilize and stretch mobile technology (mobile banking, mobile payment, video sharing, barcode recognition, social gaming, etc). Having adopted one mobile protocol early on, the Asian mobile industry has matured quickly unlike the US and Europe where technology platforms clashed. With quick download times and simple interfaces, the US mobile industry could learn a thing or two from japan.

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