Part of the reason is that many people are still trying to figure this out. Mobiles do present the ICT4D community with a huge opportunity to help some of the poorest and most marginalized members of society, but the “mobiles for development” sub-discipline is still a relatively new one, and people at all levels are still trying to figure out what this new mobile opportunity really means. For all the talk of shared learning and for all the conferences and workshops, to the man on the street — or the developer in the bookshop — there is strikingly little to show for it.

‘Social Mobile’ Applications: The Missing Book – Business Center – PC World