Facebook's phone as obvious as nose on your face(scripting.com)
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Facebook's phone as obvious as nose on your face
http://scripting.com/stories/2010/09/19/facebooksPhoneIsAsObviousA.html
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I thought I read a while back that FB's biggest growth area is middle aged women: http://www.switched.com/2009/04/14/middle-aged-women-flockin...
Yes, but would a facebook phone really appeal to them? Also, if a market is saturated (i.e. high school kids), it can't grow by definition, so growth can be a misleading statistic.
The mobile versions of FB etc. won't cut it if the next 5-10 years are going to be all about mobile. And thus the need for a true mobile-only social app or "social OS" pending already existing vertical data.
He couldn't be more dead wrong about the mom-usability factor of the iPhone.
I know this because my mom bought one a couple years ago and was able to set up her email and start emailing me photos from the camera before I even knew she had it. This is someone who can't set up her desktop email client without calling me for help.
I know this because my mom bought one a couple years ago and was able to set up her email and start emailing me photos from the camera before I even knew she had it. This is someone who can't set up her desktop email client without calling me for help.
Guess this stuff comes more easily to your mom than it does to mine. Trust me, I was there -- she's learning how to use it very slowly, over a period of many months.
I'd be very interested in just how much social plays into the mobile experience. For example, although Facebook is one of my most frequented apps, I also to check news, play casual games, view website statistics, manage email, listen to music, check my finances, track my weight, calculate tips, read ebooks, watch Youtube and Netflix, and manage to-dos.
Is it entirely certain that designing the operating system among sharing photos and posting status message updates will be optimal across all mobile functions? Not sure that it's the case.
Is it entirely certain that designing the operating system among sharing photos and posting status message updates will be optimal across all mobile functions? Not sure that it's the case.
That said, if they can penetrate the high school crowd, this might be a success. I don't think his mom is really the target market, but I could be wrong.