What can’t you do with your phone?
Tags :Rant
Every time I pick up one of the magazines
there is a new twist to what is possible or coming with cellular phones.
Here is a nice twist to distract you further.
Digital music company Wippit is to offer users the
ability to buy music downloads from a mobile phone.
The revamped service features content from EMI Music, BMG and a number
of independent record labels. Wippit's current catalogue is expected to
expand from 60,000 to 150,000 tracks.
Downloads are priced 29p for discounted songs, 49p for standard and 79p
for premium rated.
Not a bad price and better that iTunes for the low end songs.
So back in the day we had giant bags containing cell phones that people
wore over their shoulder. How important were these people that then
moved up to the bricks with an antenna later on? Not to mention the crazy
amount per minute charges. Next was smaller flip phones that never
fit in any pocket and belt clips were unknown. So here we are, miniature
phones that can get lost in places we won't mention; cameras with multi
megapixel capability for those pics that we are always missing? Add
in voice dialing and the constant BEEP of the Nextel speaker phone (anyone
ever heard of a headset) and you can't sit through a meeting, movie or
dinner anymore. In Japan and more than likely some test markets here,
you now get coupons and ads that pop-up as you walk near certain places.
What is next? The ability to have it order a small half half
decaf latte via voicedial that you drink as you pull up at the drive-thru
Starbucks while on a 3-way conference call wearing your
Skullcandy
headsets?
Whew, I think I need to go cram music on my phone now
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On Monday, April 5th, 2004 by Chris Miller
