Mobile phones are becoming Internet browsers

The picture above is part of the wrapper from a cup of coffee bought by a blogger writing in Las Vegas. He uses it to illustrate a post on Mobhappy.com in which he describes the wrapper as an indication that the tipping point has arrived for mobile phones to have browsers:

. . . the bit underneath that’s interesting, the “or go to m.yahoo.com using your mobile browser.” Yahoo’s confident enough that people will know their phone has a browser, know how to use it, and be comfortable enough to access the service that they’ll put it in mass-market campaigns. Nice.

The writer is pointing out that a device most parents, teachers and school officials are now carrying, which was once basically a phone, is quickly becoming an Internet browser as well as a phone. That means Internet-based information is increasingly carried by people responsible for the welfare and safety of children. As mobile phones become more powerful and featured Internet browsers, their role in school safety should be developed at the same time. If a child is hurt, the adult in charge should be able to reach help and information quickly. A mobile phone that the adult carries routinely is obviously an ideal means to reach help. With a browser, that mobile phone is also the best means for receiving information directly from where it is archived. At Defywire, making these immediate connections and optimal information delivery operate for the safety of children at school is what we do.