Comments on: Aussie mobile providers “like deer in the iPhone headlights”

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:17:42 +0000

@Claudia: Well, my comments about Mobile Content World weren’t based on science, no. But when Oliver Weidlich put stock-standard iPhone screenshots up there, the vast majority of the audience was sitting forward, alert. My contention is that if this was familiar stuff, they’d have sat back, more relaxed rather than alert. I don’t think it was just down to Oliver being such an engaging speaker — even though he is.

There’s nothing wrong with people watching content from big TV, movie and games houses on their phones. But I did hear the speaker use the specific word “addictive”. Twice. If the content’s any good, then people will choose to watch it — it doesn’t have to be made “addictive”. And, I still maintain, anyone who continually talks about “addiction” in the context of children has an ethical problem.

But I think the real strength of this technology isn’t a mass audience watching pre-packaged content from major producers. It’s about people linking directly to other people, making and sharing media that’s of direct relevance to them. Increasingly, people will realise they don’t need Big Third Parties for that, they can just do it themselves.

By: Stilgherrian · Aussie telcos bend over for the iPhone

Stilgherrian · Aussie telcos bend over for the iPhone — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:02:43 +0000

[...] May, by my count 80% of the audience at Australia’s Mobile Content World conference were so out of touch they’d never even seen an iPhone screen. “They were deer in the iPhone’s [...]

By: Claudia

Claudia — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:29:44 +0000

I’ve just read your coverage via Crikey today, and feel compelled to make comment about the iPhone, and also the takeaways from the Mobile content conferences — I was there too.

80% of attendees had never seen an iPhone? Rubbish!

Randal’s comments about the industry getting it wrong are wrong. The real killer app will be about delivering the right information for the right device. The iPhone is not going to give the best user experience by delivering web pages to a mobile.

I don’t see anything wrong with “‘pimping” content using your words. What is the problem with getting users watch the content from big TV, movie and games houses? What the speaker did intend was to emphasise making content worthwhile, engaging etc.

From my perspective the sad thing was about the lack of support for local content.

The next AIMIA Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index will be launched in mid to late August so I will send you a copy then to get a more accurate picture of what consumers are interested in.

By: Zern

Zern — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:10:35 +0000

Telcos going “open and simple”?!!!!
WTF did I wake up in a parallel universe?

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:56:33 +0000

@jason: The Snarky Platypus and I were speculating that the shipping containers brought Steve's supply of narcissism -- but two containers a day seems rather a lot, even for him.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:23:46 +0000

Can’t wait to find out what was in all those Apple crates shipped around America and the wolrd in the past few months.

Could be iPhone v2, but I’m sure they have something to do with Steve’s cocaine habit.

By: Aussie mobile providers don’t get it

Aussie mobile providers don’t get it — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:50:29 +0000

[...] geek journalist Stilgherrian has been blogging about the experience in his inimitable style. Allow me to share a few choice excerpts: When user experience expert [...]

By: Mobile people who don’t understand mobile « Thoughts on the Ideal

Mobile people who don’t understand mobile « Thoughts on the Ideal — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:16:23 +0000

[...] haven’t at least read about the iPhone a year after its release you should be shot.” Stilgherrian on Mobile Content World and the fact that the audience I gave my iPhone User Experience talk too, weren’t familiar [...]

By: Nick Hodge

Nick Hodge — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:31:33 +0000

Stil–

The *best* thing that happened to the ‘web gone mobile’ is the iPhone.

Now, can i has one plz.

kthxbai

Nick