For some strange reason, whenever I utter the term "mobile internet", the people who follow me on twitter seen to think that I an refering to iPhones and other assorted smartphones. I never used to understand this untill I started saying attention to their #tweets.
Most of this people own said iPhones and assorted smartphones and those that do not dream of owning them. This made of realise that the kenyan internet, as I know it is still largely made up of well to do people who can afford luxury internet and like throwing around terms like broadband because they have tasted it.
For me mobile internet has always referred to GPRS and lately EDGE connectivity, I am typing this up on a smart phone with 3g capabilities but my mobile provider only supports EDGE and you know what? I am okay with it. Internet connectivity, like a balanced diet, is a necessity but broadband is not, it is a luxury.
Starting from today, I am going to actually listen to that man on the street when it comes to matters of how the internet can impact the lives of ordinary Kenyans and stop listening to "iPhone yuppies" who do not seem to have any idea what the ordinary man on the streets take is on new technologies and who are only concerned with getting the latest "toys"
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