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Adult Content Revenue To Pay For UK 3G Licenses
Makarand writes "According to this
article in The Guardian mobile phone companies in the UK
are turning to soft porn in a bid to recoup the billions they have splashed
out on third generation licences.
If the industry can persuade regulators that they can come up with a
fool-proof way of registering phones that are owned by those who are 18 and above
it will clear the way for a major new revenue stream using adult content.
Dedicated teams at companies using 3G licenses are already looking into
making money from adult content."
*Insert MIDI of swanky-sounding porno synth music here*
Like woodworking? Build your own picture frames.
So with one hand I hold my phone, and the other I, er, um, "use" the porn - then what hand do I use to drive the car with?
52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
now the very existance of 3G is supported by thumbnails of the nude.
Naaah, that'll never catch on ...
/Styx
I hope this does not mean that I will get sent SMS texts offering to "increase my penis size" like the kind that litter my email inbox now.
;)
The phrase "is that a phone in you pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?" will never be the same.
Arc
3G? I'm mostly used to 36DD.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
...about hitting that speakerphone key
Next time a cell phone distracts you in a theater you might not have a problem with it!
Specialy if your force to watch "Maid in New York" or something by you girlfriend|wife.
They could just use the same age verification function used for 900 numbers:
if (hasCreditCard)
{
ConnectHottie();
}
I tell you it's hardcore porn that's going to land the first men on Mars, establish contact with another species, and renew the democratic system.
Soft porn can only do so much, but it's hardcore that will take us into the next century!
Thank God they haven't turned to spam yet.
wait a second ... oh, never mind
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
Can you hear me now? You can, okay, what are you wearing?
I got PPV porn channels available on my TV
Phone sex hotlines
Magazines in every 7-11/gas station/mens rooms.
Adult video stores *everywhere* (around here there's a ton just called 'discount video outlets', with a handful of old regular VHS tapes and enormous 'adult' rooms)
The internet
Now 3G wireless phones
How long until MS's new watches have porn being broadcast straight to your wrist?
Can the porn market ever reach full saturation? Has anyone ever said "y'know what? I think I have enough porn already"?
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Nope. I'm the next guy, and I like it more.
:P
Softcore pr0n, on a 2 inch by 1 inch screen.
LOL.
Pete Townsend is already researching a book on this subject.
EGA? Word. I can't wait to revisit the world of 2600 baud porn. Rusty & Eddie, gifs instead of jpegs...this should be sweet.
Oh yeah, in case you get the wrong idea, Rusty & Eddie were male porn actors.
"... if only we could all learn to masturbate to our imaginations."
We can, but our imaginations can't keep up with demand.
Because the only thing stronger than the lust to watch more porn is the desire to download -stuff- and fill hard drives. Mixing the two is just a winning combinations.
80gb microdrives in a mobile. You heard it here first
Um, really? Which wrong idea did you think we were getting, then?
--sdem
"Pr0n... is there anything it can't do?"
Get you laid?
Suddenly everyone starts looking for jobs in UK mobile telcos.....
What a job - working out how to get porn from the internet, onto mobiles.
Hell, you might need to commission official research into the most "effective" types of porn... and that could take months. Years even, if properly abused...
Get your own free personal location tracker
Now I have to worry about if the guy behind me on the bus isn't actually kicking the back of my seat...
..There's a-dooin's a-transpirin'
Butters: You get a call, they cut you off. You make a call, they cut you off. What's the point?
Leo: You know what they're doin', kid? They fuck you with cell phones! That's what it is! They're fucking you with the cell phones! They love it when you get cut off! You know why, huh? You know why? Cuz when you call back - which they know you're gonna do - they charge you for that fucking first minute again at that high rate!
"Afghanistan! I don't know nobody in Afghanistan! I don't know what fucking Afghanistan looks like, and even if I did, I would not talk to their Afghan-ass for three hours! I won't talk to my daddy for three hours!"
I guess this gives new meaning to "they fuck you with the cell phones"
Selling software wont make you money, selling a service will.
I like pr0n as much as the next guy, but do I really want/need the ability to access gigabytes of it no matter where I travel?
Yes.
If the industry can persuade regulators that they can come up with a fool-proof way of registering phones that are owned by those who are 18 and above...
Another fool-proof way. We all know how good they work! If you excuse me now, I have to go get some drinks for the kid next door.
bash$
Porn wants to be free. Get a girlfriend.
*looks at bank statement*
You've never had a girlfriend have you?
my other penis is a vagina
Hmm.. Is that Free as in beer? Or Free as in love?
Or Free as in "damn, I gotta get down to that free clinic..."
Isn't it interesting that in
3. ???
4. Profit!
the ??? usually turns out to be selling porn?
Read reviews of shopping cart software
Think of the vibration options!
sulli
RTFJ.