Tom Hume writes that’s he’d like to see more task-specific mobile applications. I think he’s spot on. All the talk about the mobile web is using the wrong metaphor; the mass mobile computing experience is not going to involve surfing a web – it’s about doing atomic, simple, networked activities.
“Now this is a good example of what I’d like to see for mobile: mini-apps, like TadaList or MeetWithApproval, that do a single thing nice and cleanly.
“The big gap I see now is an app to help you synchronise with >2 people; getting consensus from 3 or more folks using SMS “by hand” is a nightmare, wouldn’t it be nicer if you could just get everyone sent a single message which lets them comment, argue, and decide…”
Link: Mini-mobile apps (tomhume.org)
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