6.7 Mobile Web 2.0 – Evolution and Revolution of Web 2.0

The previous sections have focused on the evolution of the Web as it happens today on PCs and notebooks. With the rising capabilities of mobile devices, as discussed in Chapter 5, the Web also extends more and more into the mobile world. The following sections now discuss how Web 2.0 services can find their way to mobile devices and also how mobility and other properties of mobile devices can revolutionize the community based services aspects of Web 2.0 and the possibilities for self expression.

As the extension of Web 2.0 into the mobile domain is both an evolution and revolution, many people use the terms Mobile Web 2.0 or Mobile 2.0 when discussing topics around the Internet and Web-based services on mobile devices.