Comments on: Science Week Competition: The Next Gadget I Want To Buy http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/ A Critique of My Life and Other Miscellaneous Debris Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:24:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Science Week Competition Day 3 - What’s the next gadget that you want to buy? http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-20925 Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Science Week Competition Day 3 - What’s the next gadget that you want to buy? Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:37:42 +0000 http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/#comment-20925 [...] Cian wants a wallet/keys/phone combo device. [...] [...] Cian wants a wallet/keys/phone combo device. [...]

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]]> By: Wednesday Keller http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-20864 Wednesday Keller Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:40:45 +0000 http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/#comment-20864 Modern Japanese mobile phones function as a wallet (linked to your debit/credit card accounts with fingerprint scanner for ID)—you just place them on the payment pad, press your finger, and move on—and I'm sure adding an electronic lock that is synced to your phone is upcoming. One fantastically cool feature is barcoding. In Japan most things are barcoded (QE codes) that your phone can read. So if you see a product you like in a magazine you scan it with your phone and it automatically takes you to the website, you can buy it right there, and it's shipped to your door. Or if you see a poster for a band you scan that code and a new entry is put in your calendar to remind you about it. Modern Japanese mobile phones function as a wallet (linked to your debit/credit card accounts with fingerprint scanner for ID)—you just place them on the payment pad, press your finger, and move on—and I’m sure adding an electronic lock that is synced to your phone is upcoming.

One fantastically cool feature is barcoding. In Japan most things are barcoded (QE codes) that your phone can read. So if you see a product you like in a magazine you scan it with your phone and it automatically takes you to the website, you can buy it right there, and it’s shipped to your door.

Or if you see a poster for a band you scan that code and a new entry is put in your calendar to remind you about it.

]]> By: Cian http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-20856 Cian Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:43:25 +0000 http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/#comment-20856 While I take the point about the utility of being able to lock your iPhone in your car, for sheer space saving alone I still think that a 5/4 in one device would be really useful. Based on what I've read, using phones to pay for things is something that's already in development, so the iPhone will probably be incorporating this feature sometime in the future anyway. While I take the point about the utility of being able to lock your iPhone in your car, for sheer space saving alone I still think that a 5/4 in one device would be really useful. Based on what I’ve read, using phones to pay for things is something that’s already in development, so the iPhone will probably be incorporating this feature sometime in the future anyway.

]]> By: T. http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-20851 T. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:44:39 +0000 http://www.cianboland.com/2007/11/15/science-week-competition-the-next-gadget-i-want-to-buy/#comment-20851 I had a similar process: phone, pda, pod, keys, wallet (and a few other things). Now the iPhone replaces: phone, pda, pod Notice what it replaces: $300 phone $200 pod $300 pda Notice what it doesn't replace: $50 wallet (*) $0 keys I'm not sure you want an expensive replacement for cheap, abused devices. I think the iPhone replaces most of the usual expensive devices most people carry. I certainly don't want to give my iPhone, pod, and wallet to the parking valet! And I don't want to carry my iPhone with me on the beach or when I'm rock climbing, and how do you lock your wallet and your phone, pod, etc. in your car during those times without locking your _keys_ in the car? (*) I have a thing for nice, sturdy wallets, and am willing to pay extra to replace them 5 times less often. I had a similar process: phone, pda, pod, keys, wallet (and a few other things).

Now the iPhone replaces: phone, pda, pod

Notice what it replaces:

$300 phone
$200 pod
$300 pda

Notice what it doesn’t replace:

$50 wallet (*)
$0 keys

I’m not sure you want an expensive replacement for cheap, abused devices.

I think the iPhone replaces most of the usual expensive devices most people carry.

I certainly don’t want to give my iPhone, pod, and wallet to the parking valet!

And I don’t want to carry my iPhone with me on the beach or when I’m rock climbing, and how do you lock your wallet and your phone, pod, etc. in your car during those times without locking your _keys_ in the car?

(*) I have a thing for nice, sturdy wallets, and am willing to pay extra to replace them 5 times less often.

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