We've asked our speakers and sponsors to provide some blog fodder as a lead up to Mobile Jam on September 12.
Steve McDonnell, the Global Alliance Manager, Strategic Platforms & Internet Technologies at Motorola has a few things to say about how the mobile web is going to open up:
There are so many people talking about widgets and mobile web today and is it really any wonder? I remember watching TV shows where the characters (Captain Kirk, Batman and the whole Justice League, for example) had access to the types of communication devices that are only now becoming a real possibility. I'm not optimistic about driving a jet car any time soon, but I'm pretty close to having a gadget that will surpass Kirk's communicator, (GPS and voice, big deal.)
Why is mobile web so exciting, and why are widgets making the whole thing more real for so many people, here's what I think.
Mobile is the most personal, immediate and convenient way to access the web
· Personal – A consumers...