I spent part of the weekend catching up on my reading. One interesting article from Mark Walsh at Online Media Daily titled Mobile Still Has Long Row to Hoe had some interesting

insight into the current state of the mobile internet - something of special interest to those who think .mobi will become the preferred gateway for mobile content. A big problem seems to be that most U.S. cell phone users are refusing to pay extra for Internet data plans from their cell phone service providers.  Walsh listened to Mobile Platform 2.0 panelists at the Media Summit held Thursday in New York and quoted Joshua Spanier, director of communication strategy at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners as saying, "American consumers aren't prepared to pay for anything. They want it all free in contrast to Asian and European cell customers." 

Hopes that special content would lure more 

paying customers is not paying off yet either. Walsh wrote "Neither the quality or quantity of content or the business models are in place yet to generate the audience growth necessary to make mobile media viable, according to industry players." Spanier said "From a marketing perspective, we are not yet able to make really interesting or engaging mobile experiences on mobile devices. We're still several years away from that." 
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