While we’re not big fans of anyone who treats mobile like the shrunken web — where they ignore the User Experience (location), contextual relevance and personal space unique to mobile — This article and study caught our attention with regard to “reading comprehension” on mobile devices:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-content-comprehension.html
While the study looks like it focused on really dense text, it’s also likely that people “read” content on mobile devices differently than they do online, which in turn is different from print. The “art” of communicating in order to be “understood” on mobile is not something we hear alot about.
One thing we know — People like short, conversational text messages.
It’s what they do with their device more than any other activity. Reading a “conversation” and comprehending it — because you then will interactively respond to it — is far different than search/navigate/scan website reading.
Mobile was made for conversations.
Conversational mobile marketing delivers content the End User readily understands.


