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Title:

Silicon Valley's Irrelevance in the Next Generation of Mobile

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Organizer:
Doug Richard, CEO of Trutap
Description:
The US is so focused on the iPhone, it's become like a rabbit caught in headlights. The iPhone has brought the internet to mobile phones in the US, but the rest of the world was using mobile internet long before, on handsets with greater functionality. The next generation of mobile development is coming from emerging markets.
Questions
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  1. What is the definition of an emerging market?
  2. Why is Silicon Valley becoming irrelevant?
  3. Will the iPhone be the Valley's downfall in moblie?
  4. Why will the innovation be coming from emerging markets?
  5. Won't Silicon Valley still be driving the next gen of web development?
  6. Does the future of internet connection lie in mobile phones?
  7. Why would i use my mobile to connect to the net rather than my PC?
  8. Why will the focus be switching to emerging markets?
  9. When will this happen?
  10. Does Steve Jobs know?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
New Technology / Next Generation
Type:
Solo
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Deirdre Molloy
on 29/8/08
This should be a great talk. I tried to make the same point from the floor at a mobile session in SXSW in 2007 and was met with blank looks, even when I explained it in very concrete terms. They needs 'em sum educatin' ;-)
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