tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584459258022751998.post-77370680943717798532008-02-26T15:01:00.000-05:002008-02-26T15:01:00.000-05:00This is pretty amazing stuff. Gene, I admit I have a pretty much cro-magnon grasp on the mobile world, yet it seems clear to me this is the wave of the future in mobile consumerism, and the Japanese are far ahead of us (as in U.S.) <EM>again.</EM><BR/><BR/>Please correct me if I'm wrong, but what this seems to say to me is that if I'm shopping for a big-ticket item (however I choose to define it), I can scan the appropriate bar code and visually interact with the provider's website or audibly (as you say) with the provider's phone-based service to get any followup information I may want to make a decision. In some cases there could be savings or incentive coupon codes delivered on demand.<BR/><BR/>In a broader sense, if there was some question about an item I wanted to purchase, and I wanted to spend the time getting the information I wanted, then I have a mobile option to contact the provider directly. (For instance, I'm thinking of various health scares associated with over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. If a drug company had an issue in the past with some product, I could contact the company and get any "default" information about the situation that the company may have provided to inform the consumer, and then it would be up to me to decide from there.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, new cutting edge stuff that opens up new possibilities for the gadget friendly, or to be mindful of for cro-magnons like me.<BR/><BR/>(I know I started a fire here somewhere ... )Daniel Brentonhttp://www.highoddness.comnoreply@blogger.com