Kenneth Hyers
Kenneth Hyers
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Imagine walking through the park and aiming your camera phone at a data tag on a statue. It directs your phone's browser to a Web page about a historic building that used to stand there, or a concert that played there last summer, complete with video clips.
content functions hardware open possibilities therefore
I think the scanning functions open up some interesting possibilities to content suppliers as well as hardware manufacturers and therefore will be promoted.
market requires
But these applications are all proprietary. A real market for this requires some standardization, and for marketers, operators, and handset vendors to be 'on the same page'.
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Mobile media promises to be a major topic of discussion, as operators are looking for the next big thing to entice customers to use 3G networks.
available cell features functions improve phones
There are some rudimentary scanning functions now available in cell phones and those features should improve over time.