New Startup? Think Twice About Mobile First

Re:New Startup? Think Twice About Mobile First by jamiequint on Thursday June 28, 2012 @12:23PM (#4172422)

I think a key indicator of the equilibrium point is the market share of mobile to desktop in emerging markets. I think we're going to see usage patterns in the US trend to those over time. For example, check out this graph from the KPCB 2012 internet trends report on internet usage in India: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/120/Screenshots/emerging_market_int...

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Re:New Startup? Think Twice About Mobile First by cageface on Thursday June 28, 2012 @12:31PM (#4172462)

The evidence in the US and UK seems to suggest that people that can afford desktops or laptops aren't so eager to abandon them. It seems just as likely to me that people in developing economies will upgrade to real machines given the chance.

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Re:New Startup? Think Twice About Mobile First by reddit_clone on Thursday June 28, 2012 @02:14PM (#4173036)

It is actually different for economies like India. Majority of the population never had computers or internet. But everyone is starting to have a mobile phone.

They are doing an Ice -> Vapour thing skipping a step.

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Re:New Startup? Think Twice About Mobile First by mozami on Thursday June 28, 2012 @01:17PM (#4172720)

The graph you've linked to looks too symmetrical to be realistic.

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Re:New Startup? Think Twice About Mobile First by patrickg on Thursday June 28, 2012 @01:25PM (#4172757)

If there are only two options that add up to 100% it must be perfectly symmetric.

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Re:New Startup? Think Twice About Mobile First by grok2 on Thursday June 28, 2012 @01:53PM (#4172913)

But why do they add up to 100? What are they measuring to get the data -- traffic in the provider's networks?

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Re:New Startup? Think Twice About Mobile First by Danieru on Thursday June 28, 2012 @03:09PM (#4173367)

Because that is how percentages work.

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