Comments on: The Mobile is a Virtual Mouse http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Russell Buckley http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-16616 Russell Buckley Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:36:08 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/#comment-16616 Mansoor - that sounds like an RFID tag, though not sure why a retailer would encourage you to compare pricing. But the rest of the scenario seems easy enough - we just need to find a way to make them cheap enough and then to have readers in more phones. Russell Mansoor – that sounds like an RFID tag, though not sure why a retailer would encourage you to compare pricing. But the rest of the scenario seems easy enough – we just need to find a way to make them cheap enough and then to have readers in more phones.

Russell

]]> By: Mansoor Ehsan http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-16614 Mansoor Ehsan Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:27:31 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/#comment-16614 I don't remember where i read tht but the concept was of vTag or virtual tag. a tagged chip would be present in almost every article from shoes to any thing and you can connect your mobile to communicate and acquire info like price comparision, discounts, article info, availibility etc and even purchase that article. that would be amazing! I don’t remember where i read tht but the concept was of vTag or virtual tag. a tagged chip would be present in almost every article from shoes to any thing and you can connect your mobile to communicate and acquire info like price comparision, discounts, article info, availibility etc and even purchase that article. that would be amazing!

]]> By: Steve Devo http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-16423 Steve Devo Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:02:52 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/#comment-16423 Hi there, I read your article with some interest as i have been following this line of thought for a while. You may be interested to know about www.wikimapia.org which allows folks to annotate the real world. Thus this is a good starting point for information. Albeit that the site is still early stage and therefore lacks the critical mass of data needed to make a decent play for the service. Steve Devo Hi there,

I read your article with some interest as i have been following this line of thought for a while.
You may be interested to know about http://www.wikimapia.org which allows folks to annotate the real world. Thus this is a good starting point for information. Albeit that the site is still early stage and therefore lacks the critical mass of data needed to make a decent play for the service.

Steve Devo

]]> By: David Beers http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-16381 David Beers Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:49:43 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/07/04/the-mobile-is-a-virtual-mouse/#comment-16381 I agree this idea has a big future. Check out the Pondering Primate blog, which is devoted almost exclusively to evangelizing and reporting on developments of the "Physical World Hyperlink." http://theponderingprimate.blogspot.com I agree this idea has a big future. Check out the Pondering Primate blog, which is devoted almost exclusively to evangelizing and reporting on developments of the “Physical World Hyperlink.” http://theponderingprimate.blogspot.com

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