Re: Here comes the cell phone ad disaster!

4phun wrote:
> Here comes the cell phone ad disaster
>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9097878&pageNumber=1
> 
> Fascinating article
> 
> "Here are just some of the conduits through which advertising will
> enter into your cell phone:
> 
> Unwanted calls.
> Recorded advertising voice mails.
> SMS ads that ring your phone.
> MMS ads that ring your phone.
> E-mail ads.
> Advertiser-sup****ted software and services.
> Web pages that force you to view an ad before you can see the page.
> Location-based advertising -- you'll walk by a store, and it will ring
> your phone to tell you about a sale.
> Viral videos.
> Text, e-mail or Web-based ads that encourage you to "click to call."
> Search ads tailored for phones. "
> 
> "The problem isn't that somebody out there is looking for innovative
> ways to leverage your cell phone to sell you something. The problem is
> that everybody is doing it. The result will turn your cell phone into
> an annoying, interrupting, commercial idiot box that combines all the
> worst qualities of TV, telemarketing and spam.
> 
> We have nowhere to go. The disaster is coming, and there's not much
> any of us can do about it ."

There IS something we ALL can do.  Refuse to buy any product advertised 
via cell phone!

I have yet to receive ANY advertising via my cell phone!