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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
And I want to be looking at porn on a black and white 80x80 pixel screen why?
I asked for a refund - and got my monkey back.
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
I won't buy a computerized car until i can get Jenna Jameson on my dash at 80Mph, it will be the sign that it has been endorsed and works properly.
What are we going to do tonight Brain?
3G? I'm mostly used to 36DD.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
... if only we could all learn to masturbate to our imaginations.
...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.
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
"Pr0n... is there anything it can't do?"
Get you laid?
Are 3G phones crippled so that people can't go here and choose a wide variety of vendors for their "amusement"? Will the telcos really prevent a 3G phone from being able to access information not signed to a deal on their network? I know I won't buy a technology that is hampered like that (I can't see /. paying to allow Irish 3G users to access their site from their phone!). So why would porn companies be willing to pay 10s of billions just to give people easier access to their porn? Are the phone operators worried that a "common carrier" defense wouldn't stand up if they were found to have allowed a 15 year old to access "inappropriate" material via their phone?
Never underestimate the dark side of the Source
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
Porn wants to be free. Get a girlfriend.
--sdem
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'
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$
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.
So, how can I register my phone as permanently under 18?
Edward Burr
Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool.