What is the most important feature in a web browsing device?

GLOBAL – Following on in our series of what you think the key features of certain devices should be, this week we’re looking at phones for browsing the web on the go. Browsing on the move is something I for one pretty much take for granted these days. It’s something I expect my mobile device to do, and do well. However I’ve never stopped to think what aspect of a mobile device is most important to mobile browsing. Of course, much like last week, “all of the above” is sure to be a popular answer, though it doesn’t really help highlight what is the most important (and note the difference between this and last week’s poll of “most important” versus “what do you expect”). I’m looking forward to the results and of course we’ll be doing our best to follow up with the folks in the know. Now, get voting (and commenting too, if this one tickles you).

Internet. What Internet?

GLOBAL – When I read Charlie’s piece for OneWebDay, I pulled him up on his
crazy claim of being online for 25 years. Not possible, I reckoned, as
the web as we know it has only been around since the 90s. 25 years is a
ridiculous claim. What I failed to acknowledge (and here’s where
Charlie reveals his age) was that Charlie was in college in the US
during the 80s. And in 80s US colleges, they had things like BitNet.
Hell, they even had email addresses. No, not the web as we know it
today, but a web of sorts nonetheless. His claim now has a qualifier.

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