"You can take it with you. One reader pointed me to a small private company called Netomat, which, according to its website, allows for the creation and hosting of content that can be viewed by PCs and mobile devices alike. That's interesting because customizing content for a phone isn't simple.
Advertising will find you. Another Fool led me to a January article in The Wall Street Journal that said demand for MobiTV, a start-up service for watching TV on a phone a la Nokia, is spiking. But that's only half the story. Turns out advertisers are interested, and they're buying up space. DaimlerChrysler's (NYSE: DCX) Jeep unit was one of the first, and the Journal reports that Unilever (NYSE: UL) is also expected to give the new medium a try.
Buh-bye, wallet. Finally, a Fool wrote to say that 'soon I'll be able to use my phone as a credit card.' There are many ways to think about this, but as I look at the opportunity, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) would probably love nothing more. In fact, of all the businesses out there, eBay may have the most to gain from an uptick in mobile content. Think about it. Can't you envision a Skype-branded WiFi mobile phone with PayPal service embedded? I can. And I can see millions of Gen-whatevers using it to browse, talk, message, and shop. eBay, of course, would be collecting billions of pennies every minute that they do."
