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I don't usually post just to link to another article, but in this special case I want to draw attention to Paul Goldings post. I was just in the process of writing an entry about the same buddy centric view of communication when I read this. It really is the way forward for the next generation of mobile phones to present information to me about my personal network.

The Buddy Paradigm isn't one way - its not just about communication initiation. It is also the ideal presentation for activities I want to know about - missed calls, messages received, updated blogs, new photo posts, late trains etc. all displayed through one simple interface. I also think its one of the missing pieces that will enable mobile social networks to really take off in a big way.

I just came across a link to Symella, Gnutella for Symbian phones. I can't for the life of me work out why anyone would want this. Maybe there's a secret world out there I don't know about where mobile data is free. Paying for my downloads is expensive enough without paying for other peoples too.

No, wait. The operators will love it. They get to charge two people for each byte of data transferred. Brilliant!