The Evolution of Mobility – B2B B2C B2I

I have spent the last 14 years working on enterprise mobility projects, researching and writing about them. In the year 2000, mobility was used mostly in warehouses, grocery stores, utilities and in field service roles. We sold mobile development projects to businesses so they could take advantage of mobile apps customized for internal use. That was the age of B2B (business-to-business) mobility. With the introduction of Palms and iPaqs, mobile app developers started pondering personal productivity apps for handhelds. Calendars, notes, planners and mobile forms were developed as part of what was to become "PIMs" (personal information managers). That evolved with wireless connectivity and broadband Internet access to the mobile consumer apps we all know today. That is the age of B2C (business-to-consumer) mobility.

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