Appliance Smackdown

Mobile and PC Convergence

Hardware - Nokia person describes difficulty in distinguishing between mobile devices and PCs for purposes of software licensing

Network infrastructure - e.g. Wimax

Mobile and PC Divergence

Regulatory systems

Usage patterns? - Beth needs to analyze her data

• information seeking
• information sharing (ability of people to make available the information they think their communities need)

Markets and business models

• Remittance industry is going to collapse because of mobile phone wealth transfer

Generativity

Is the market proving JZ wrong?

Does hacker mentality play out in the market?