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If you have to send a picture message or email in order to get a url back you might as well send a blank message. The most popular technique in the UK seems to
by danw 19y ago
If you have to send a picture message or email in order to get a url back you might as well send a blank message. The most popular technique in the UK seems to be sending a keyword to a shortcode, eg "EAT to 2580"
There's an interesting breakdown of QR code usage vs blank message at http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/07/accessing-urls-in-advertisements-from-mobile-phones/ http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/07/accessing-urls-in-adve...
- far33d 19y agoWhat if I send a picture of a barcode w/ the text "buy" and bam.. it shows up in the mail a few days later.
- danw 19y agoPerfect, bringing the impulse of real world transaction to ecommerce. Could even do it with a normal upc barcode instead of Qr/semacode. Imagine being to do that with a music CD and the songs automagically start downloading to your phone (possible iPhone app?)
- far33d 19y agoThat would be very cool... I've read that scanning regular barcodes with a cameraphone is difficult, but I believe there are some people making headway with it. If it were music, I'd rather just make a call to a number, have it listen to whatever song is in the background, and then download it for me. Fred Wilson has talked about txt based commerce a bit as well - http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2008/01/texting-in-purc.html http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2008/01/texting-in-purc.html
- danw 19y agoI think you can do the phone call music purchasing in the UK with Shazam (2580)