m2 catalysts: all you can eat data & the iPhone
two big reasons we are not all yet in the m class?
terrible handsets & high data costs.
lots of handsets feature clunky user-interfaces that allow you to revisit the feeling of web surfing in the mid-90s. this is changing, led by the iphone. so says M:Metrics anyway.
the differences in m1 and m2 behavior between the iphone and other smartphones is as big as the difference between smartphones and plain old dumbphones. people search more, surf more, and social network more. surprised? you shouldn't be: when it's easy and affordable to live the m life, people will do it. the iphone makes the m life easy.
unlimited mobile data plans make it affordable.
how many people would surf the internet if they had to pay for every image, article and video they downloaded? every email they received? it just doesn't make sense. yet carriers have insisted on trying to recover the cost of subsidized handsets by charging outrageous data fees. until recently.
all you can eat data plans in the US -- now on offer from Sprint ($99 including voice), T-Mobile (29.99 for unlimited data on your Sidekick), Verizon and AT&T ($119 for unlimited voice and data) -- will only get cheaper.
add it to get together and you've got a society headed for the m class.
terrible handsets & high data costs.
lots of handsets feature clunky user-interfaces that allow you to revisit the feeling of web surfing in the mid-90s. this is changing, led by the iphone. so says M:Metrics anyway.
the differences in m1 and m2 behavior between the iphone and other smartphones is as big as the difference between smartphones and plain old dumbphones. people search more, surf more, and social network more. surprised? you shouldn't be: when it's easy and affordable to live the m life, people will do it. the iphone makes the m life easy.
unlimited mobile data plans make it affordable.
how many people would surf the internet if they had to pay for every image, article and video they downloaded? every email they received? it just doesn't make sense. yet carriers have insisted on trying to recover the cost of subsidized handsets by charging outrageous data fees. until recently.
all you can eat data plans in the US -- now on offer from Sprint ($99 including voice), T-Mobile (29.99 for unlimited data on your Sidekick), Verizon and AT&T ($119 for unlimited voice and data) -- will only get cheaper.
add it to get together and you've got a society headed for the m class.
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