A Step in the Mobile Direction for the Rest of Us
As many of you who read Mobile Ministry Magazine know, the content and purpose of this site is very much one born out of a heart for enabling people with technology, and then also kickstarting those who have no idea about what and where mobile technology is going. Of course, being that most of the team is in the US, or view of mobile technology is admitidly a few years behind Japan, and about a year or a little less behind the rest of the world. This is not becaue of just the hardware and software, but different cultures treat mobile technology differently, and to properly use it, we should know what is capable of happening here and then how best God wants us to use it to enable His people to come to Him.
For myself personally, I have dove so far into understanding mobile technology much better that I find that many of the websites that I visit now are those of mobile tech and user experience desingers whom are located in places such as Western Europe and Asian interests. And some of the things that they do are not just impressive, but near culture changing.
For example, some of us might have heard of QR codes, and a few of you may have even used them in some industrial services. But in Japan, not only are they using them in consumer applications, but using them in order to enhance advertising and other communications that ordinarly would be just a simple ad. Neat right.
But then you have places like London where people are paying for parking with their mobile phones. Not too smart if you leave the phone in the car, but it does make for a nice means to carry one thing less (especially as a guy who carries only a set of keys phone and wallet).
But the point is that for mobile tech to really go forward in the Body, we really do need to see and use applications of mobile tech that are not just different applications of the same paradigm (sure a thinner smartphone helps, as does mobile blogging software); but something that is usable, and fits within, or even goes a lot further than what we coulde ever doing on the go.
And if that means we get a phone that's not as smart, but much more usable, then that is a step in the right direction for all users of mobile tech. But more than just that tech, we enable people to see and touch a world that they had not been able to before. That world, shaped in the love of God by Jesus Christ can be an excellent thing don't ya think.
For myself personally, I have dove so far into understanding mobile technology much better that I find that many of the websites that I visit now are those of mobile tech and user experience desingers whom are located in places such as Western Europe and Asian interests. And some of the things that they do are not just impressive, but near culture changing.
For example, some of us might have heard of QR codes, and a few of you may have even used them in some industrial services. But in Japan, not only are they using them in consumer applications, but using them in order to enhance advertising and other communications that ordinarly would be just a simple ad. Neat right.
But then you have places like London where people are paying for parking with their mobile phones. Not too smart if you leave the phone in the car, but it does make for a nice means to carry one thing less (especially as a guy who carries only a set of keys phone and wallet).
But the point is that for mobile tech to really go forward in the Body, we really do need to see and use applications of mobile tech that are not just different applications of the same paradigm (sure a thinner smartphone helps, as does mobile blogging software); but something that is usable, and fits within, or even goes a lot further than what we coulde ever doing on the go.
And if that means we get a phone that's not as smart, but much more usable, then that is a step in the right direction for all users of mobile tech. But more than just that tech, we enable people to see and touch a world that they had not been able to before. That world, shaped in the love of God by Jesus Christ can be an excellent thing don't ya think.
posted by Antoine @ 10/10/2006 10:44:00 AM
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There seems to be another similar item to QR codes reported over at Mobile Crunch recently: http://mobilecrunch.com/2006/10/03/op3-hits-it-big-shotcodes-to-appear-on-40-million-bottles-of-sprite/
Should be interesting. Next step is to see how to make this work within other settings that are not so consumer oriented.
In Europe you can also find us, Kaywa, with it's site reader.kaywa.com , as well as Quickmark in Taiwan.
Hey Rodget, thanks for the update. Are you all coming to the US at any point?
Another piece on QR Codes has been recently published at M-Trends (here) and goes into a bit more detail and highlights some examples in consumer regions that use it.
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