Address book as mobile Web's digital identity

OK, I have an idea. Unifying data behind your address/phone book name or nick name as a mobile URI and registered as an internet service.

People are in need to connect on the internet when on the go. Mobile phones do have these days more access to the Web.
But if they don't '''surf'' web pages ( limited usability ) they look for specific information , but one of the more compeling reasons to do this would be to search for information about people they know or might know ( socializing )

What if we think about address book in your mobile phone as your unique mobile URI ( uniform resource identifier ).

Could you as a mobile subscriber register ( to your operator or to some third party ) your address book name or nick name so that every mobile phone can search ( via phone's phone book ) and access your digital presence ( digital stuff ) which could be stored in a ''digital box'' ( as a type of mobile hosting service ) somewhere on the server ?

Your mobile pocket filled with stuff like Facebook or MySpace profile homepage .
Zipiko is an interesting model for connecting and communicating with others, and mobile URI would be of great help to those type of services.
Yes, do most people know where's browser on the phone at all ?
What if one of those ''internet browsers'' is in your phone book ?

Now, think about your phone as a tool for exchange . You can use your address book for this as well. Just send your photos or movies to someone from your A-book.
Yes, operators, bandwith and updating data from mobile phone is an issue , but looks interesting to me.

I am sure somebody already thought about this paradigm. Maybe Nokia's Ovi portal could be doing something with such an idea. Remember Nokia's Mobile Web Server project, but a bit different model.

Look how japanese used phone book in 2007.

Poll: Other than address book information, what sort of data have you exchanged with other people? (Sample size=mobile phone address book users, multiple answer)

Own phone number, mail address 44.1%
Photos and movies 35.0%
Downloaded pictures 8.0%
Deco mail animated emoticon 7.5%
Music data 6.9%
Schedule data 2.0%
Games 1.6%
Work-related data 1.1%
Other 0.9%
Nothing in particular 39.9%
No answer 0.5%

Even though I was in a camp for .mobi domain introduction, I wish to see this type of mobile URI funcionality implemented in the future.

Google's secret feature inside iPhone ?

A magic carpet for the iPhone ? Google.

Google Phone project doesn't exist per se ( hardware ), the concept might be special software arrangment inside iPhone based on Google Maps & gLocal & gEarth API suite.

Location- aware web & mobile service/browser/app/code ( call it whatever you like ) that will serve as a glue between physical and virtual locations ( via object hyperlinking, sort of, call it information nuggets, placemarks etc. ) .
Suddenly, iPhone user could be having a '' cloud '' and exchange information with the surrounding ( other people, places etc. ).

Google will call your phone to connect you to the business you are searching ( just one example ).

I was doing much research lately about iPhone and possible Google phone so I looked into every possible scenario and found this one as the most appealing to all parties, including end users.

Something was missing all the time. We hear a lot of yelling like ''mobile, mobile, mobile'', then ''maps, maps, maps ''. Well, Google Maps. My maps, my local placemark, review, news...Google free call !

Why would I buy ( I'm in Croatia right now, so I won't ) a handset that costs $ 599 only to make calls, use multimedia etc. ?
Well, I've come to realise it might be worth the price ( I am on defensive and yet unconvinced when talkning about battery, Edge instead of 3G, GPS , and if it is about niche product which it is for start).

There's got to be something that will make Google go not just inside iPhone but to other mass phones on the market. It will NOT change the world solely with iPhone, but it will challenge the current thinking and the way we used to think about mobile.

Suddenly, we will be aware of another informational element ( geobrowsing, information geo layer ) and the wholy new way of making locally accessable information for the mobile phone ( can't say much more about the tech implementation it will be used- GPS probably not available from day 1., user will be asked to provide default location ).

Google will do just fine with extremelly targeted and personal ads. No need to elaborate that. Click-to-call.
Searches will be tailored to location, history of searches in that location , daytime, personal preferences and the results won't be the same for everybody.

But more important, Google will do the CALL for you when you search local businessess and will call you FOR FREE , unless you provide Google mobile number.

Google Phone Company , sort of ;)

Sort of informational / wireless cloud around our heads and authoring tools in our hands ( some authoring widgets for making user-generated content fo the location- annotation if you like ).

These are all ideas floating around a decade , in one or another form, but Apple and Google partnership could be real execution of these ideas.

And as I already said in my previous articles, if Apple succeeds in making the 'widget' the standard app delivery service for cell phone usage, then they can succeed in delivering the first mass-market entirely web-based computing platform and Google could get opportunity to for ''inovative'' software delivery ( the trend is there ).

Maybe my thought are only wild speculations and wishful thinking, but we will know everything on the 29th when iPhone ships ;)

Annotation of the Earth could become reality and sort of ''augmented reality'' perceived on the phone.
''The Google globe'' if you like and you are good to go if you are not privacy advocate ;)

All of this could lead to new way of using, organising and creating information, and Google will surely try to make sense out of this content bits and make a buck.

Here are my other articles about the similar subject during my research:

Google widgets for iPhone ?
Google Mobile Gadget ?
Mobile Web Tablet ( see the end of the article )

Google Mobile Gadget

What do you do ?
I Google.

Google One ( FTM * )

A mother of all mobile browsers

Open up your Google One (FTM* ) browser on the dialpad ( mobile phones with ordinary buttons ) :
Just Dial 1 ! It will be 10 clicks less then opening up your Opera Mini ;)

Your phone browser as your most used app on the phone. Your mobile deck, dial pad etc.
Your mobile ''everything'' and splash screen at the same time.

It is the most direct ( excluding touchscreen icons and dedicated G buttons ) way of using mobility web services provided by ''fantasy'' company or third parties.

A phone wrapped up with the ''thing'' we might call browser, but in the end we might not ;)

It will be so personal so we could call this Spoochy ;)
Spoochy from the Web ! ( Spukni to z neta, na hrvatskom ;) )

So, dare you not to advertise your local shop or service with Google and you are out of business very soon. Nobody will find you, nobody will call you. It's the location and call, stupid.

LG !

Now, back to planet Earth ;)

Disclaimer:
FTM stands for fictional trademark