There's no shortage of excitement about making the social networking craze mobile but doing so will be a challenge, according to a Visiongain report. Transferring user-generated content from the Internet to wireless faces a huge user interface challenge. Additional hurdles include high data costs, walled gardens and the ever-troubling user education. It requires "much more than simply creating an operator branded version of MySpace."
For more information on mobile social networks:
- read the Visiongain report summary [1]
Related Articles:
- Student.com goes mobile [2]
- MySpace's mobile plans [3]
- Helio launches with MySpace [4]
Links:
[1] http://www.visiongainintelligence.com/reportDetail.aspx?reportId=1317&adSelection=Y&industryIdL1=1003
[2] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/social-networking-site-student-com-goes-mobile/2006-05-02
[3] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/more-on-myspace-mobile-plans/2006-05-31
[4] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/helio-launches-with-big-price-tag/2006-05-02