Yeah, will sell really high! Im always browsing porn on my cellphone!
Like mobi or not, two things:
Estimates place about 20% cell phones and wireless devices (think PDA's) are used to surf porn or erotic images.
.mobi is NOT only viewed on the cellphone. Think PC.
Here's an article written in 2004
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2004/10/65509
Oops, here is one from 2006:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/02/google_porn_sea.html
Google Porn Search On Cell Phones
More than 20% of Google searches from cell phones are for âAdultâ content, whereas the comparable figure for PDAs is less than 5%. The researchers believe this is because PDAs are used more for business, phones for entertainment.
Do the math:
If there are an estimated 3.5 billion cell phones in the world, if 20% of those surfed for porn, that's 700,000,000. But, that's assuming all were not using google. Well say only 10%. Thats 350,000,000. Okay, lets say that is too much. How about 5% = 175,000,000. Still too much? How does 1% sound at 35,000,000 phones used to surf the internet for porn or erotic material.
We know that's a bunch of BS. There's twice that many phones in the US.
Even if we say 1%, how can anyone say that this 35 million figure is chump change?
What, people don't want to use their phone for porn? Are you kidding me? You boss, your spouse, or any IT person can check your workstation remoting to see what you are looking at, etc. Cell phone? Nope, no one can trace that.
Check this article out:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2006/02/24/google-cell-phones-better-choice-for-porn
Google: Cell Phones Better Choice For Porn
How about this article?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2005-12-12-pornography-cellphones_x.htm
Cellphone technology rings in pornography in USA
So if the industry leaders were saying and throwing these figures around in 2005, where to you think those figures might be right now?
I don't look at porn on the PC or the cell phone. Nor do I call up the daily sermon for salvation on either.
But to think for a minute that you have not put a tiny computer in someone's hands and they are not going to view erotica or porno on it is absurd and backwards thinking. Not to mention all the cameras on cell phones capable of not only still "up skirt" shots but also video taping someone in the shower and putting it online instantly.
Time for a lot of people to come to the realization that the mobile internet is not just around the corner but it is here. Like mobi or not, it is not going away.
Some folks are perhaps missing a golden opportunity here.