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December 11, 2009

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ARJWright

I like this piece, I really do. But Tomi, you miss one aspect of mobile that is probably more deterimental to going mobile than anything else, the cost of SMS versus the other media entrants. To just go through the process of getting a shortcode that works on all carriers, with a message that people who don't have SMS (plans), or who aren't sure that they want to receive an SMS and then opt-out of additional mailing lists (the rules for doing this vary widely by state).

Also, just having the number of mobile users doesn't merit for a mobile engagement metric. We'd also need the amount of SMS users, the amount of mobile web users, and the regions these are happening. The US is a weird place in *every* section and mobile's impact will be different in the populous Northeast than the wider-plains of the MidWest.

You do get us off to a great start though with this piece. Now to find a way to get onto that list of yours ;)

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Didn't finish my idea from the first paragraph of my previous comment:

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