If this isn’t the biggest signal yet that the Internet is coming to a mobile device near you soon then I must have been reading the wrong 150 news feeds.
One of the biggest social networking sites, Facebook, is teaming up with one of the biggest mobile phone companies, Nokia, in a way that will bring Facebook to your hand wherever you are. It looks like Nokia might even be interested in buying a piece of Facebook too!
Facebook isn’t exactly the be all and end all of the Internet and in fact, being an old-school Internet user that dates from before even Archie existed, its not even a tiny fraction of my own Internet space (although I did actually register last month!) but for some now, and for many in the future, it could be the only Internet space they use. It’s more Internet 2 than Internet 2!
In the future there will be a generation of kids that get their first taste of Internet freedom through their mobile phones and Facebook could be the only application they use. Why wait to fire-up a notebook or dedicated mobile Internet device when you can punch out a quick email before the bell rings for end of class!
This is very significant.
Original: Paidcontent. Via Guardian unlimited
