Article: Are the iPhone and social networks making the classic Web and intranet obsolete?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=1007&tag=nl.e539

It seems like most of the conversations about development these days are centered around the Mobile Market.  In the past, I’ve always recommended that clients purchase the .net, .info and at times .biz domain names along with their .com addresses.  Now, I’m recommending they also pick up the .mobi addresses.  It used to be that as a business, it was a requirement to host a website to give out information about your company.  In the next few years, I feel that the same will hold true for the Mobile Market as well – having a mobile friendly version of your website will be a standard, not a fad.

As for the Social Networking aspect of where the Web has headed, it doesn’t surprise me that the Mobile Market is replacing the Web as we all know it to be.  Organizations like Facebook and Twitter have enabled both personal and business relationships to flourish and grow with the ability to be in constant communication while in the workplace.  This ease of communication is naturally moving to the Mobile Market because hand-held devices are the best way to stay in constant communication.  We’ve already learned that from telephony and email.  Why not the Facebooks and Twitters of the world?