Converged Products: Week of 6/25/06
The most convenient way that mobility is getting built into products is through the convergence of capabilities that previously existed as standalone products into the cellphone. That way, those products are now with you and available for your use whenever you need them wherever you go.
- Cellphone as beer coupon
- Cellphone as more effective coupon
- Cellphone as linux/java computer
- Cellphone as security camera
- Cellphone as ATM
- Cellphone as TV
- Cellphone as universal translator
- Cellphone as personalized web browser
- Cellphone as test preparation
- Cellphone as discrete World Cup monitor
- Celphone as podcast receiver
- Cellphone as metal detector
- Cellphone as “drunk dialing” preventer
- Cellphone as watch (you know, like Dick Tracy)
June 30th, 2006 at 10:03 am
Can I add one more? Cellphone as universal coupon/offer carrier..
We just made Moblee available in the US. It allows any advertiser to make an offer through the website - consumers subscribe for free and only get offers which match their preferences and locality. Similar to Cellfire except its far more open and uses the simple SMS text message to deliver the offer. Check out http://www.moblee.net for more info.
July 10th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
[...] Maybe they should add on a few more features into the system, or team up with ZiXXo (but then again, I think ZiXXo could probably just enable this feature on their own). I just don’t understand how CellFire is an entire company (or even two for that matter!)? Sure, more coupons in more places that are easier to redeem is fairly straightforward. But who did the math that says this is a multi-hundred-million-dollar play worthy of the $10 million round?? [...]