This document discusses the differences between nomadic and mobility concepts and their applications. It argues that nomadic creates a better user experience than pure mobility. Smartphones, tablets, and internet keys are growing in usage share. Users need flexible, easy, and full access to personal data across hardware and software platforms. The document introduces a mobility index to measure the degree of direct motion between information sources and destinations for different services. Drivers for nomadic solutions include mobile data traffic coming from data cards and mobile broadband replacing ADSL. Examples of nomadic applications discussed include video calling, contact management software, an assistant, and quality monitoring.