Following my post on Mobile shopping, I have some additional data I would love to share with you:

  • Amazon and eBay have mobile shopping
  • Luxury brands like Ralph Lauren entered mobile shopping with their little shops (see case study below)
The most important thing is mobile banking which made an early debut 6 years ago and then failed is destined to rise from the ashes.  According to a study by financial consultancy Celent, 35% of online banking households will be using mobile banking by 2010, up from less than 1% today.  In parts of the world such as Africa, India and China where PC connectivity is limited, there’ll be a huge uptake of mobile banking.
See the presentation below for examples and screenshots from the market, what companies are doing:

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