Mobile Web: The Holy Grail of Technology
Yes, the Templar's treasure of the technology age: A Mobile Web that works! This is legendary myth spoken about by Ad-Venture Capitalists hoping to discover the proprietary mobile software platform that can provide this. This the perpetual underlying goal that all the big smartphone/PDAs such at the iPhone, the Blackberry Storm, the G1 Android, etc are trying to give their users. If you build it, they will come - come and sign up for mandatory 3-year contracts, no less. From the technologist perspective their are several hurdles that need to be overcome or addressed in order to make this a reality and give freedom to the Internet Kingdom. I have done some significant technology due diligence in this sector from research to direct company vetting. In order for a firm to be a good VC investment it should include or address some of the following issues: Mobile Web Highlights for VC Investment: Standardization : W3C Web Initiative is wrestling with this but a unification of mobi platf