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Conclusion

This book has looked at mobile networks, mobile devices and the mobile Web 2.0 from a number of different perspectives. The mobile Web 2.0 both extends and improves Web 2.0 applications from the desktop world. Like Web 2.0, mobile Web 2.0 is also about user participation and new services and information are no longer only distributed top-down but are created by the users themselves. This is possible because of a decentralized approach, because of the openness of services to be included in other new services, freely available information in network databases, open interfaces and open source software. Furthermore, applications and services are continuously evolving and the user is part of the development process. Changes to services and prod....