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“Dot mobi” domain is coming. It’s not yet open as at the moment only mobile companies can register trademarked .mobi domain names. After that, in mid-June other industries’ trademark holders will be able to register domains before they open to the general public on 28th of August.
Not exactly the true Symbian news, but it’s pretty related, specially when you know that this initiative was led by Nokia and approved by ICANN. Now, it’s supported by companies like Ericsson, Vodafone, Google, and Microsoft, among others.
What I see is the great opportunity for content providers and developers to present and sell directly to the consumer via this new .mobi part of the Internet. It will be interesting to watch the battle for the mobile consumer’s attention.
Red Herring has a great article on the subject.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
