For the community generation, the mobile phone is the internet access device of choice.

Mobile evangelist Tomi Ahonen believes that in the converged world, the cellphone will emerge as the clear winner in the battle for the pocket.

A renowned strategist and author on 3G, Ahonen was in South Africa as keynote speaker at the August First Tuesday event in Sandton. He shared his “pearls” – a collection of real mobile service examples collected throughout the world, and discussed the emerging power of digitally empowered communities.