NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

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Dude, streetz...

Mould was all about circumventing patents.

And he is right. Mobile barcodes will not be made pervasive by "intellectual property" but by "consumer adoption".

Slamming patents down the throats of companies attempting to introduce ingenuitive concepts is foolish. "Mobile barcodes" will be a "pull"-led innovation. That is to say, "standards" will be determined by the consumer.

Two hurdles standing in the way:

COST -- the average American cannot bear the cost of accessing the internet through his or her cell phone. Like broadband in the late nineties; today, in 2007, we are a half decade away from the overlaying infrastructure becoming conducive toward "true" mobile search. Keep it in mind -- it COSTS alot to download a simple image onto one's mobile device.

ACCEPTANCE -- Babyboomers drive consumption. Sure, this paradigm is set to change shortly, but to assume a rapid change is foolish. Most boomers still have great difficulty navigating the internet from their PC, let alone navigating from a mobile device. Making websites, mobile or otherwise, more accessible to the blind or deaf is a "short cut" toward meeting accessibility standards. If a "site" is navigational from someone who is blind or deaf, then it follows that said site is probably navigational by everyone else.

I can go on forever.

I just wish the crew at Ft. Myers was receptive toward ideas.

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