So far we’ve seen a real jump in traffic across the board this year for MocoSpace, which is great.  However, as we first mentioned in October, what is really interesting is that Android was and continues to grow faster than iPhone in both absolute and relative terms in the MocoSpace community.  Although we like iPhone a lot it’s never fun to be at the mercy of a monopoly, so the good news here is that won’t be the case.

This week brought the announcement that Microsoft is actually rolling out a pretty cool OS for mobile.  Will they surpass iPhone or Android anytime soon? Safe to say no.  Are they a longer term competitor in the space? Absolutely.  What does this all mean? For consumers there will be plenty of choices.  For developers there will be plenty of fragmentation….sorry I meant opportunity.  Will Apple’s innovation and early lead eventually be a eroded and surpassed, ie a repeat of the PC? Too soon to say.

Today our fastest growth is happening on Android and iPhone.  Tomorrow, maybe it’s Microsoft.  Fortunately, I don’t have to pick a winner, or rather I think the winner is mobile.  And that’s the bet MocoSpace will continue to make by delivering a fun, engaging friend finding experience across all handsets iPhone, Android, Microsoft, Blackberry, etc.

AOL announced its top search terms today here, and MocoSpace was one of the top 5 search terms for mobile.  I think that this is great for us, but for the mobile Internet space as well.  It validates my founding belief that the mobile Internet is and will be different then the Internet.  The winners will come from both PC-based Internet sites and from pure play mobile sites such as MocoSpace, Admob, Medio and the like.

We’ve been working with Def Jam recently to bring some incredible artists to the MocoSpace audience. Recently, we had hip hop legends Nas and LL Cool J take questions from Moco’ers in live interviews, as well as live performances from new artists including Karina! The community loves it and the artists are getting their music out there. Check it out if you haven’t done already.

Justin & Nas

In the past few weeks, we’ve done some very cool stuff with our friends at Def Jam including a MocoSpace exclusive Q&A with Nas and LL Cool J.   Not sure anyone has really cracked the code of mobile music beyond ringtones, but based on the great response we got to a number of artists on Moco, it’s clear there’s an opportunity, a big one.  If you have a few minutes, check out their Moco pages and let us know what you think!

LL Cool J & Justin