A new day and a new post from San Francisco. This time the topic will be on one of the presentations from the actual conference that I found generally interesting, but particularly from a Rebtel perspective.

The session was entitled Mobile Ajax and the Future Web and was held by Daniel Appelquist. Daniel is senior technology strategist with the Vodafone Group based in London, UK, where he primarily works on Web and Internet projects and industry activities.

The first part of the talk (which I found most interesting) was a lot about the two different (and today separate) entities we refer to as “The Web” and “The Mobile Web” and how a convergence between the two is taking place.
In a (not too distant) future there will only be one Web when referring to mobile devices as well as regular laptops and desktops. Thematical Consistency, ensuring that content across all devices is provided coherently and consistently, will be ubiquitous and the standard to aim for. Thanks to devices like the iPhone (which naturally was mentioned as a groundbreaking device in this field), the task of obtaining Thematical Consistency becomes significantly easier.

Daniel also mentioned that today, mobile devices are slowly overtaking desktops and laptop based web usage (so cool). Mobile browsing is in other words seriously on the rise and with that device from Apple that came out last year securing a fourth place overall on the Internet browsing market share list with its 0.15%, we can get a hint of what’s to come. In as little as five years, the majority of the total worldwide web usage is predicted to be mobile (!).

A cool little detail during the talk, which felt very reassuring for us coming from someone like Daniel, was that he mentioned Rebtel (see the picture above) as one of the companies that truly are in the forefront in mobile technology and web. Thank you Daniel, you are a rock star!

Hello there. We’ve redesigned our website. Have a look.

Like it? There are hippies. With mobiles. And it’s pink. And blue. Yummy.

But redesigning a website is like putting on a new outfit. It’s exciting and fun, but it’s even better if you’ve been down the gym a bit and toned up what’s underneath as well.

And that’s what we’ve done. We’ve taken our prices to a few aerobics classes and we’ve got them to pump some iron. And now they’re looking kind of…buff.

Ogle this:

• Welcome Minutes
  Every new user gets a whopping ten minutes to try the service out. We’re calling them ‘Welcome minutes’. If you get inclusive minutes with your mobile phone contract, that means you’re getting a 10 minute international call for free. Which is pretty sweet.
• Thank You Minutes
  Also, the first time you add credit to your account you’ll get another 10 minutes talktime, as a thank you bonus.
• Spread the love
  Already a member? There’s free talktime for you too. Let’s assume you like the service. You’ll want your friends to try it, right? Spread the love and all that. So we’ve created a handy tool for you to email a bunch of your contacts about Rebtel, and for every friend who clicks the link in the mail, signs up and make a call with Rebtel, you get five minutes talktime for free.

So remember: inclusive minutes = international calls with Rebtel. Visit www.rebtel.com to see the new look website and blag your bonus minutes today!

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