.mobi registration to begin May 22nd (but not for you)
By Evan Blass 
posted Feb 14th 2006 12:02PM
posted Feb 14th 2006 12:02PM
mobile Top Level Domain Ltd (mTLD), the
consortium in charge of managing the upcoming .mobi domain, has finally released a timetable regarding the registration
periods for the presumed "land rush." So-called "Sunrise Registration" will occur from late May
through late August, with mobile industry insiders getting the coveted first picks from May 22nd through 29th. Most of
June, July, and August are reserved for the "Trademark Sunrise," where your Apples, your Sonys, your
Engadgets, and other trademark holders get first crack at planting their flag in this new cyber territory. Finally,
general registration for .mobi sites will open on August 28th, when "desirable dotmobi domain names may be
registered at a premium price"- meaning that if you don't want to pay a bundle, you're gonna end up with
www.thiswastheonlynameleft.mobi or some equally crappy URL.[Via MocoNews]
I was really, really hoping they would go with the cooler sounding ".mob"
You'd think that the top-level domain name for mobile devices would be SHORTER than .com, not longer.
".m" would be ideal.
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Nevermind all the other reasons that this has always been an awful idea. hopefully noone will use it, just like .biz.