mCommerce: A Hard-Headed Look

The New York Times takes a hard-headed look at mCommerce: Retailers Retool Sites to Ease Mobile Shopping. It's a good summary of the plusses, minuses, and elements that need special attention, such as payment options. But Hipmunk's option to handle payments later by emailing a link or generating a secret password to enter later on a computer seems a bit lame, like a dangling participle. If you want to read a true success story in mCommerce, take a look at eBay Leads Mobile Commerce.