Editorial: Merging mobility and media

As Nokia launches its Nokia 7700, and with it the Series 90 platform, Editor-in-Chief of Infosync World Jørgen Sundgot, ponders on whether Nokia's plan to merge mobility and media will succeed.

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"The concept of merging mobility with media is certainly not new, however, as the rather low-tech approach of SMS voting and SMS 'chat channels' has already been widely implemented by radio and TV channels. With the 7700, Nokia is taking matters a step further, and will be courting radio channels who wish to add further elements of interactivity to broadcasts. The manufacturer also has its eye on TV, as the 7700 will be compatible with a digital TV receiver accessory - and let's not forget that the device also offers high-speed Internet connectivity courtesy of EDGE.

Personally, I find the two latter abilities to be the most interesting, as I have for years longed for the ability to consume video on mobile devices.

Strikingly, though, Nokia appears to have given little thought to any sort of textual media delivery mechanism with the exception of a standard-fare Internet browser. This is most likely due to several factors, such as the abundance of free information available on the Internet combined with lacking standards for delivery of such content to mobile devices. And with standards, I'm referring to the kind that would enable those creating the content to charge for it, since that is how the real world works - even though the Internet seems to have convinced most of the world's population of the exact opposite".

emily | 2:48 PM | News, Buzz |
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