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Posted by CmdrTaco on from the click-on-this dept.

RunAmuk writes "Wired is reporting about being able to "Point and click your mobile phone at a poster in London movie theaters this July and you'll be able to directly access the movie's Web page." While there are many practical uses for this technology, like in museums as the article suggests." I'd like to use it at video rental places and CD stores to get product reviews.

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  1. Oooooh! by aborchers · · Score: 5, Funny

    A long-range Cue Cat!

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    1. Re:Oooooh! by thud2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Exactly what I thought too. Whatever these marketers are on, I want some. "If you look at this ad, you may be rewarded with ... ANOTHER ad for the same thing! Act now!"

  2. Still no cure for cancer... by hendridm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Send pictures, check your e-mail, surf the Internet, and instantly pull up movie reviews!*

    ...

    *Note: Requires $10 activation fee, you must upgrade to the $59.99/month package, and you will be charged $0.39/minute for every minute you go over your already worthless amount of daytime minutes.

  3. P2P networks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to use it at video rental places and CD stores to get product reviews.

    You must be new to the Internet.

  4. Love the hackability.. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Oh this would be such fun to hack..

    Child: Daddy, what's that "Finding Nemo 2" about?
    Father: Let's look on our phone, son.
    >clicky click click
    Father: Hmm.. it appears to be about a man stretching his bottom wide open.

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  5. Are you kidding? by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'd like to use it at video rental places and CD stores to get product reviews.
    Are you kidding? Consumers with the power to make instant informed decisions? The (music/movie/software/etc) industry would sh*t a brick!
  6. Pop-Ups? by retto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Point and click your mobile phone at a poster in London movie theaters this July and you'll be able to directly access the movie's Web page.

    Is some guy wearing a sign going to jump in front of me and start blathering on about casinos or cheap travel discounts?

    1. Re:Pop-Ups? by st0rmshad0w · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hmmm, or how about maybe a guy in a goofy butterfly outfit putting you in a headlock if you try to show the info on an 'R' rated film to some kid?

      Ahhh, parental controls....

  7. Possible uses by JoeCotellese · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to use it to point at a CD and get it queued in Kazaa.

  8. Better use by Lt+Razak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to point and click on a girl walking buy, and having www.XXXgirlnextdoor.com or www.milf.com pop up, showing the nekkid details.

  9. I bet retailers will fight tooth and nail... by FatSean · · Score: 5, Funny

    No longer would consumers be fooled by packaging and out-of-context reviews! All the crap merchandise would have to be reduced to their actual value. "Top Gun" will sell for $3 on DVD.

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  10. hmmm - a better use by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Howzabout I point the thing at a pretty girl, and it reads her RFID tags and tells me what her blog URL is...now *that's* an 'enabling technology'! :)

  11. Re:RFID by pVoid · · Score: 4, Funny
    I find it funny that all the replies to this post somehow are tinted with the idea that the original post was being paranoid about RFID.

    Pavlov would have a field day on this site... you guys hear the bell "RFID" and you can't help but start salivating.

    I think the parent post was just pointing out the simplicity in such a gadget - not its invasion of your so precious privacy.

  12. Re:For the humor impaired... by cvas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Another...

    A pirate walked into a bar with a steering wheel in his crotch.
    The bartender said "Do you know you have a steering wheel in your crotch?"
    The pirate responded,"Arr, it's drivin me nuts!"

    Don't forget to tip your waitress.