Sex & The Mobile Web

From I’m Alan Partridge:

[Alan is having sex]

Alan Partridge: Mind if I talk? It helps me keep the wolf from the door, so to speak [pause] Jill, what do you think of the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre? I’ll be honest; I’m dead against it. I mean, people forget that traders need access to… [aroused] Di-xons! They do say it’ll help people in… [aroused] Wheelchairs!

The future of the mobile web is voice based. Sure the iPhone has a pretty wee keyboard and the most sophisticated delete system I’ve ever encountered. You keep delete pressed down and it speeds up, but stops just shy of the http://… who thought of that? Genius, I want to kiss then, a little bit, and not with tongues.

The blogopublic is on heightened end of year predication spouting and as a Fat voice in an even fatter world, I wanted to join in and state that 2008 Is The Year We Nearly Had Voice Activated Mobile Web Browsing.

Unlike Alan I doubt voice activated mobile web will reach climax by end of play, but we’ll certainly be thinking about moving on from foreplay.

‘Whereas the keyboard interface with a cell phone is far from ideal, the cell phone is designed expressly to handle sound. In parts of the developing world, the cell phone will be the only device that many will use to surf the mobile web. The huge potential of these developing world markets will well justify the investment needed to develop strong voice recognition systems.’ (StayGoLinks)

The mobile web experience will not just be the desktop vacuum packed. Voice direction, audible surfing, or more likely loud browsing is the future for the mobile web experience. Language and good grammar rather than incomprehensible textual abbreviation are the future of the web, as the future of the web is on mobile, so ask for elocution lessons for Christmas, drink brandy and practice on hapless friends. Soon everyone you travel to work with will be able to listen to your emails! Another nail in the coffin for privacy, Web 2.0 is dead long live Identity Theft 2.0.

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