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MP3s From The Phone Box

Posted by timothy on from the time-travel-was-only-phase-1 dept.

An Economist writes "The .com bubble has come and gone, but the great ideas and implementations are starting to come through thick and fast now. The BBC reports on a planned development in the UK - download MP3s (or the like) from the phone box. Walking along the street and fancy a song - just plug in your iPod/MuVo/iRiver/whatever... awesome! Perhaps the lauded benefits of eCommunication are just beginning to be felt - plus it increases the viability of old-tech phone boxes, which are socially beneficial but financially challenged."

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  1. Social Ramifications of "On Demand" by reporter · · Score: 0, Troll
    Is anyone concerned about the social impact of the Internet? Everything seems to be on-demand. If you want to hear the song, go to the nearest phone booth and download it into your iPod. If you want phone sex, dial the 1-900 number and whip out your credit card. If you want pornography, type the correct Web link.

    Has anyone noticed how impatient the current generation is? Could there be a correlation between its attitude and the on-demand nature of current technology.

  2. Total crap ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I preffer they allowed to downloads songs using mobile phones. CDMA / GSM / GPRS etc ..

    This will be real market. A bunch of people are using mobile phones. Thus - if GSM companies will allowed to speedup download by using caching at near base stations - this will work.

    No needs to search for public phone - use one at your pocket.

    As well - I've forgot to say - payment using mobile phone will be trivial !!