- From: Jeff Sonstein <jeffs@it.rit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:29:34 -0400
- To: public-mw4d@w3.org
thank you for all the setup work, Stephane On Jul 4, 2008, at 3:29 AM, public-mw4d@w3.org wrote: > - Discussion about the scope of the group (30-40mn). I encourage > people > to read the thread on the mailing-list about framework ([1]) I am glad to see us begin with this discussion > - How to leverage participation from Developing Countries (5-10mn) I am also glad to see this on the agenda for the 1st meeting... I think this will end up being critical to success however we end up defining the framework & goals/objectives << comments on the "Framework" thread >> - I fully agree with the comments by Renjish Kumar that defining the scope of what we mean by "Mobile Web" and figuring out what the different target "developing" areas are like is central to having "a constructive discussion that leads to tangible results" - I also agree with the comment that "the presence of a killer service, i.e., voice" (coupled w the failure of landline services) was what got mobile *phones* into the developing world so strongly but now we are talking about mobile *devices* rather than just phones and IMHO the Web will clearly be a solid part of the future for developing nations (thus, this Interest Group) voice did get the infrastructure & devices into place but now other services are going to be coming to the fore for development just as cameras in mobiles are becoming more common in the developing world so will browsers become more common over the near-term future - I agree with Stephane's comments that "availatities of relevant information is also a problem, and most probably a bigger one"... given the predictable movement of browser-equipped mobile devices from the developed world into common-usage in the developing world finding ways to help local information services providers succeed might be a good focal point for a "Framework" document - I would agree that the statement "Developing/Emerging markets are homogenous in nature" is probably not accurate and that we *can* find ways to group developing nations and to use that as an organizing principle jeffs -- There are no bugs there are just undocumented features - Anon - ============ Prof. Jeff Sonstein http://www.it.rit.edu/~jxs/ http://ariadne.iz.net/~jeffs/ http://ariadne.iz.net/~jeffs/jeffs.asc http://www.it.rit.edu/~jxs/emailDisclaimer.html
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