tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488978.post7920423114136494634..comments2009-05-10T13:31:11.945-07:00Andrew Finklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05975892946327775341noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488978.post-1728937939566311182008-10-12T09:42:00.000-07:002008-10-12T09:42:00.000-07:00Although I am completely amazed at the apparent dismissal, I'm also very confident that there were people leaping out of their skins at this. It's fantastic! <BR/><BR/>The consumer comments are a major lure. I could deal well with text-to-speech at this juncture.<BR/><BR/>(I believe the same interface that going to let you "project" the TV image is also ultimately the camera that you view with ... initially glasses, and ultimately contacts)<BR/><BR/>Great post, thanks for sharing.lalunablancahttp://lalunablanca.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488978.post-2972857185402556322008-09-30T13:38:00.000-07:002008-09-30T13:38:00.000-07:00The cultural dynamics in NA are vastly different than Japan and Asia in general. <BR/><BR/>I went to a presentation about 12 years ago from DoCoMo that was showing how Japanese youth were using mobile hand sets for avatar communications and meeting strangers. At the time, the concept was ridiculous to our market. And truthfully, we still haven't gotten there.<BR/><BR/>There are a number of clients I've worked with that are starting to think about mobile and it's relationship to retail and in particular non-brand controlled environments. How long the transition will take given the belief that these thing are experimental, is another story. <BR/><BR/>So while I don't think your predictions are necessarily wrong, I don't think they are necessarily realistic from an adoption and implementation perspective. No matter how fast the world turns, traditional NA marketers who tend to rule the budgets move at their own pace.Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163262798612657124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488978.post-45442769931450566812008-09-24T16:40:00.000-07:002008-09-24T16:40:00.000-07:00qik is an example of the start of this. patents are already being submitted on the ability to "tag" the real world. bringing those two together is what this opportunity is about. Now, let's talk business model. it's great for carriers since it is a data play for them. but where is the money for flickr, yelp, youtube, etc. in that model? that is where it can get truly interesting.Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805818296163556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11488978.post-47344098364322858142008-09-22T07:41:00.000-07:002008-09-22T07:41:00.000-07:00Oh yes, indeed! "I have seen the future and it works". (And plays, and thinks, and dreams...)JohnPollockhttp://www.turquoisefrog.comnoreply@blogger.com