Mobile porn to hit $3.5bn by 2010

[NY Jester]

Jim, as the step father to a soon to be 18 year old boy, all I hear about is - the Zune or iPod Video, iPod Touch, The iPhone or the new Verizon Voyager - it may not be us, those 25-40+ now, but the up and coming soon able to view porn legally generation that will push this media into the "latest boom". I know for me, growing up, at first porn was only on 8mm or reel to reel, then with the advent of the VCR, porn became easier to get a hold of. Friends could pass tapes between each other and not have to worry about it. The ease of use was just a simple rewind and bam you had porn. Then DVD made it even easier. Its all about the ease of use and the hassle of it not be noticable. Now the ease of use will be a touch away. The new phones, mp3 players, media players all have the ability or will have the ability to transfer files between each other...simply, friends borrowing from each other. The key is to be able to get in on the ground level and be ready for when that next "boom" hits.

Do we know of any sponsors working on mobile content? Im sure it will be a topic of discussion at some of the next webmaster events as it becomes increasingly more popular. I can already see the push for the .mobi domains.

Thats just my take on it.
J-

[AndyS]

I have never got the appeal either. The only time I ever watch music videos on my ipod is when I am in some public place bored, the last thing I am thinking about it watching some top heavy blonde.

I do not believe there will be a need for separate mobile porn as from what I have seen the mobile devices are coming towards a recognised web format as they get more bandwidth and will become just another way to watch and join standard sites.

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by AndyS

I do not believe there will be a need for separate mobile porn as from what I have seen the mobile devices are coming towards a recognised web format as they get more bandwidth and will become just another way to watch and join standard sites.

My Sony Ericsson phone does the web but like most cell phones it's not the real web, it sucks.

If other phone makers follow Apple and start putting real web browsers and email clients, like is the case with the iPhone, then the phone users will start using their phones like a laptop.

The other thing that needs to change is the networks. 3G is about the only thing with half decent speed but it's expensive and not everywhere. The phones with built-in wifi, like the iPhone, at least have fast internet when around wifi but having a fast network needs to be everywhere and seamless before phone internet really grows.

About the smallest screen that I can watch a movie on is about what the iPhone has. My neighbor had a game/movie/something device that I think was made by Sony. It had about, maybe a bit bigger, screen that I remember being able to enjoy a movie on.

The other thing that may happen is flexible screens. If the screen rolls up into the device then the phone can be smaller then the screen. If the keyboard is on the screen then it gets really small and easy to carry, why carry a laptop at all. Organic LCDs are coming. They can be printed by inkjet type devices on flexible material.

Batteries are getting smaller and higher capacity. Networks are getting cheaper and faster. Within ten years we will be carrying something not bigger then a pocketknife that is does what your music player, cell phone, laptop, gps, credit card, house keys, car keys, garage door opener, and who knows what else device does.

A year ago I had never used a GPS. Got lost all the fucking time. Half the time could not remember where I parked my car. Bought a GPS for the car, never got lost again. Liked it so much that I bought a new GPS that works in the car plus is not much bigger then the iPhone so now I take it everywhere. It even remembers where I parked the car. I would really like it if my next phone also had a GPS in it so that I don't have to carry two devices. The iPhone can already do much of what I lug a laptop around for which is email and a little web browsing.

I'm way too lazy to proof read what I just wrote.

[tickler]

Originally Posted by Cleo

The other thing that may happen is flexible screens. If the screen rolls up into the device then the phone can be smaller then the screen.

They already have a Virtual Keyboard
or you can also get a Roll-up Keyboard

A little bit more work on the software and the virtual keyboard could easily be a virtual tablet that combines all into a touch screen/keyboard/mouse/pen. - Virtual Display

Originally Posted by Cleo

It even remembers where I parked the car. I would really like it if my next phone also had a GPS in it so that I don't have to carry two devices.

I believe that the Patriot Act made it mandatory for all cell phones & cars to have GPS so big brother can find you.

[tickler]

Originally Posted by NY Jester

Do we know of any sponsors working on mobile content? Im sure it will be a topic of discussion at some of the next webmaster events as it becomes increasingly more popular. I can already see the push for the .mobi domains.

Thats just my take on it.
J-

There are already sponsors with sites, and some of the content sources I use are already making content.

[docholly]

i've been doing some work since 2006 with a mobile network but truthfully even with the stamped camdollies on their ass, I don't get much traffic that actually goes looking for us after they see our POTD. But it doesn't take me long to get the content together, I get paid every week and hopefully this will eventually lead to more $$.. till then.. Long live men with cell phones.

[emjay]

Originally Posted by NY Jester

Do we know of any sponsors working on mobile content? Im sure it will be a topic of discussion at some of the next webmaster events as it becomes increasingly more popular. I can already see the push for the .mobi domains.

Thats just my take on it.
J-

Hey NYJester, check out www.sex-goes-mobile.com which also features a useful online seminar concerning the mobile internet.