Ideas for all sorts of services to mobile users abound and have been around for the past couple of years. Nothing significant has happened thus far as the mass adoption of multimedia mobiles has yet to take place especially because users climb the learning curve very slowly and tend to use their devices mainly for telephony. Here are a few factors that will likely change that:
1. devices with pre-installed IP telephony client software are hitting the market
2. the iPhone's impact will be felt both in terms of consumer adoption and in terms of strong influence on the design of devices by other manufacturers, thus setting new standards of usability
3. new forms of wide area IP connectivity will make it more affordable for people to be always on while on the move