Comments on: CES Has Finally Been Digested http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/01/16/ces-has-finally-been-digested/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Ric Ferraro http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/01/16/ces-has-finally-been-digested/comment-page-1/#comment-118335 Ric Ferraro Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:28:37 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/01/16/ces-has-finally-been-digested/#comment-118335 Carlo, many thanks for picking up on my comments and for your feedback from the CES. On the GPS front, I agree there is plenty of smoke but maybe little fire beneath it. I am wondering to what degree and how quickly geo-mobile social networks like plazes and ipoki will take off (I have heard plenty of arguments for and against!). On the mobile wallet issue, I am not too surprised with the low-key featuring at the CES -it seems Europe (and possibly Asia) may take the lead on this, with NFC-based ticketing already a reality in London and more trials planned for 2008. Also, as I mention on my blog, it is likely there will be a significant push following the GSMA-led Mobile Payment Summit in Cairo in May. Some of those commercial concerns you mention ought to be addressed then, with merchants as well as financial entities recognised as critical elements in the mobile payments stakeholder puzzle. Carlo, many thanks for picking up on my comments and for your feedback from the CES.

On the GPS front, I agree there is plenty of smoke but maybe little fire beneath it. I am wondering to what degree and how quickly geo-mobile social networks like plazes and ipoki will take off (I have heard plenty of arguments for and against!).

On the mobile wallet issue, I am not too surprised with the low-key featuring at the CES -it seems Europe (and possibly Asia) may take the lead on this, with NFC-based ticketing already a reality in London and more trials planned for 2008.

Also, as I mention on my blog, it is likely there will be a significant push following the GSMA-led Mobile Payment Summit in Cairo in May. Some of those commercial concerns you mention ought to be addressed then, with merchants as well as financial entities recognised as critical elements in the mobile payments stakeholder puzzle.

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