Russ McGuire

Tony responded to my note saying “This is what I term ‘Mobile Web 2.0′ the uniqueness. It is what mobile can offer that other platforms cannot - these uniquenessess provide data and the ability to gain metadata about the user and the community. Mobile Web is not Mobile Internet (ie access). It is about the device providing the data not the user!”

In my mind - this is THE debate. If mobility is simply taking the Internet to new places, then I’ve just wasted a couple of years of my life writing a useless book. If, however, mobility enables things that were impossible before, then mobility can change the rules of competition across industries and I hope lots of business people read my book and take critical lessons from it.

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