MobileWeb 2.0: Lessons from Web 2.0 and Past Mobile Internet Development

The key driving factors for ubiquitous services include deployment, management and service development. The mobile Internet services are milestones how the future ubiquitous services will evolve. The Web 2.0 design patterns can deal with and go beyond the various restrictions inherited in the mobile Internet. The author considers the Web 2.0 service design transitions in the context of leveraging the mobile Internet. The trend called Web 2.0 provides a new perspective for frameworks, architectures, content supply chains, and business models in the Internet business. As the mobile Internet is expected to emerge, it is important to consider the mobile-enabled Web 2.0. The author discusses the mobile Internet evolution in the perspective of the two-path evolution from Web 1.0 to Mobile Web 2.0, either though Mobile Web 1.0 or though Web 2.0. The mobile specific factors and sustained challenges of Web 2.0 are discussed in this evolution path perspective.