http://paulblunden.com Thoughts about the future of customer experience Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:54:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://paulblunden.com http://paulblunden.com/2008/11/25/my-visit-to-shanghai-1/ http://paulblunden.com/2008/11/25/my-visit-to-shanghai-1/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:28:12 +0000 Paul Blunden http://paul-blunden.com/2008/11/25/my-visit-to-shanghai-1/ ]]> This is a short post because I am writing it on my blackberry. The reason is that the Chinese authorities appear to block wordpress access over the internet but do not via mobile internet. The same is true of twitter and various other websites I use regularly at home but cannot access here.
Ironically, the reason for my visit is to observe some mobile (cell) phone user groups. None of the participants so far use mobile Internet although all bar one would like to. There use is mainly texting with aspirations to watch TV on the bus and subway.
I wonder if mobile internet could offer freedom from the government restrictions placed on accessing certain content? My colleague described the control as being over “one big pipe” that comes in to China. If the same control does not exist over mobile the next 10 years could see a cultural revolution of a different kind.

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