Porn and Cell Phones
Porn, gambling, spam, and now, to a lesser degree, non-betting gaming, have produced the most on-line profit since the public internet began. All this garbage is getting ported to cell phones in other countries and there's no stopping it here. Too much money. Not practical yet? No problem, the big players will get on-board the wireless train now, with some kind of service, then develop it later as technology rolls along. Don't expect the wireless trade groups to help, they don't represent the consumer. As long as their lawyers can figure out a way to avoid things like the Child Endangerment Act, well, everything on the net will be on your phone. And special services just for the phone. What the Japanese are doing now is clever and depressing. One example:
"There is software for both men and women, for the timid as well as the adventurous . . . You can enjoy the likes of 'Strip Rock-Paper-Scissors,' 'Erotic Campus' or 'Extreme Nurse' on the small screen. Like their PC predecessors, most of these games promise an erotic image reward if you pick the right answer to a series of simple questions."
And so it goes.