January 26, 2008

Davos 08: what the future of mobile devices will bring

How many mobiles does a business person need? Two, at least, is the Davos answer: half the crowd at this afternoon's session on mobile technology had a phone and a BlackBerry. The boss of China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile phone company, had four phones in his pockets - down, he said, from his usual five.

Everyone wanted to know what the future of mobile devices would bring, including the people who make them.

According to Google's boss Eric Schmidt, there arethree big questions: technology, finance and content. ... The thing on the way that no one wants, except business, is mobile advertising.

[via Guardian blog commentisfree]

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