The Details
Here’s the services offered by .Mac: Mail, Address Book, desk, Home Page (including iPhoto Albums), Backup, iCards, Anti-Virus, and Support. All of this is tightly integrated with the Mac OS and I want to mimic this level of integration.
Here’s what I see as potential online services offered by Dot Mob (and I’ll explain their technical underpinnings after), many are almost identical, others are more specific for mobile phones. All will be available via both the Web (HTML) and your phone (WAP/XHTML):
Russ is one smart dude – I hope this starts to happen. It could make a major market for mobile services, by simplifying how it all comes together…something obviously missing from today’s market.