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Whats the biggest impact the mobile phone world has made on your life over the last 4 or 5 years?

Here's Will.i.am from the black eyed peas and Kevin Spacey sharing their thoughts on the future of mobile



It's interesting that Kevin Spacey refers to mobile as the "new media". The industry hasn't caught up with the technology because the technology bypassed the industry's economics and made many industry players irrelevant. You want music? Let's share it. You like photos? Let's archive it. You want film? Let's stream it. The ability to network means the wisdom and content of the crowd continue to make industry bigwigs squirm in their pants.

However, it wasn't so long ago digital media was regarded as the enemy. It took a certain Steve Jobs to show how creative selling in a demand based marketplace still works. It took 1 man's vision to show the world how to think beyond the boundaries and deliver a solution. That's what i love about mobile, it's the new demand marketplace. We are demanding better user experiences, bigger screens, brighter colors, seamless web to mobile integration and so on. How long before someone comes along and shows the world a bridge for publishers, advertisers, the people and the handset makers to unite.

If you consider how we are already thinking beyond banner advertising on mobile and looking at widget/applications (Thanks again to Apple) as the new face of revenue, the future seems bright. As bright as the next brilliant color touchscreen i'm sure someone is developing right now.

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