Google: the future is in mobile phones
2 February 2007 by axxxr Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced the search giants fourth quarter earnings today and included some interesting comments about their mobile strategy. Some of the deals Schmidt highlighted were partnerships with China Mobile (the worlds largest cell phone company), Samsung, SK Telecom and Apple who called on Google to create the mapping interface for the iPhone. Google has also launched some mobile applications of its own including the popular Gmail Java download and a GPS version of its mapping software. When asked about the future Schmidt replied: "It is clear that 2007 will be the year that mobile search query traffic grows substantially. Our current model is to use targeted text ads and we have evidence that the monetization of those ads is higher than in non-mobile uses. So it looks like the advertising revenue on a per-search query is likely to be significantly higher on mobile than on non-mobile. Google are no doubt aware of the huge potential of mobile devices and are already in partnership with some of the major mobile companies including China Mobile with their 300 million subscribers. They are perfectly placed to create innovative solutions and have the brand trust to make the partnerships that will help their ideas spread. source:mad4mobilephones
Comments On 4 Feb 01:24 lucypatavos wrote Google is brilliant Its truly amazing That this was started by two college drop outs On 2 Feb 23:15 risto wrote that's how a mobile phone should look like - just a touchscreen. Plus there should be strong glass on screen and lightweight metal body. |