Replies to post #128617 on NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

[Drmyke3]

I know that many here want NEOM vs. SB settled in court, but most cases settle beforehand, and it make so much sense for both sides to settle and get on with their businesses, imo.
Yes, there will have to be more law suits and injunctions, imo.
On another subject, I have spoken with Jeff of AnnounceMobile and he's a straight shooter and confident in NEOM's software.
Dr. Mike

[JPetroInc]

Dr. Mike:

I currently have the following bar code readers downloaded and I actively use them on my Nokia 6682, ATT-Unlocked:

1.) Qode

http://www.qode.com/en/handsets.jsp

2.) ShotCode

http://www.shotcode.com/download

3.) ScanBuy

http://www.scanbuyshopper.com/ShopperConsole/downloadform.aspx

4.) Kaywa

http://reader.kaywa.com/

5.) SemaCode

http://semacode.org/software/

6.) ConnexTo

http://www.connexto.net/wap/Download.aspx

7.) UpCode

http://www.upc.fi/en/upcode/instructions/download/

8.) * Glass

http://www.activeprint.org/download.html

* Glass can not access bar codes here in NA, as you have to be signed onto a European mobile platform.

I've been experimenting with them all for a few years now. Simply stated, I suggest you download these bar code readers on your mobile as well, as it will afford you the personal user experience to realize one thing; the PWC space is evolving out of fragmentation.

I also have 3 incredibly robust 'mobile search engines' as follows:

1.) Yahoo! Mobile Search

http://mobile.yahoo.com/onesearch

2.) Google Mobile Search

http://www.google.com/mobile/

3.) Action Engine Mobile Search

http://www.actionengine.com/mobile_advertising.html

I have been exploring the above mobile 'search' portals for quite some time as well, yet not as long as the above mentioned bar code readers. Hear again, I suggest you download these app's. and see what you think for yourself.

Lap tops not considered, mobile web browsing is growing in leaps and bounds and is expected to surpass that of the personal PC, as your mobile is portable, while your PC is predominantly stationary as follows:

1.) Mobile web browsing will become the dominant internet platform:

http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/2501

2.) Search is driving mobile web growth in the US:

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/06/search_is_drivi.html

3.) Mobile browsing seen changing the face of the web:

http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=186100308

Mobile search is simply that, 'search'. You are still wading thru countless URL's and the amount of time necessary to connect from point 'a' to point 'b' is simply not practicle, as numerous studies have indicated that 90% of users will sign off out of shear frustration long before reaching their targeted URL:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GFRG_enUS211US211&q=Mobi....

Navigation on the other hand is direct connect, permission based, demographic based, location based, etc. and by-passes all other steps to get the information I am looking for instantaneously.

If you are a frequent proactive and informed contributor here on NeoMedia's i-Hub thread, then for better or worse, you have seen this space and this technology evolve to the point where it is presently.

NeoMedia has the Universal Reader, aka NeoReader which is capable of deciphering 5 bar codes presently with the ability to read 7 to 10 bar codes by years end. Today, this reader can deciphet the sexy 1-D UPC EAN bar code, of which 30-Billion have been created, 5-Billion of which are in circulation today. NeoMedia owns the 'Switch' to opening or closing the 'Bridge' on the mobile navigation superhighway. They have both front end and back end capabilities including the resolution server which accesses an unprecedent database of bar codes.

Even Scott Shaffer agreed that what was needed was a Universal Reader way back in May, 2006:

"Until there's a universal scanning application, the way to allow ALL codes to be read is to include them in a universal database that can be resolved."

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:z1i5cBtuQNkJ:blogs.s60.com/tommi/2006/05/2d_barcodes_will_rule_t....

What does all this say regarding fragmentation? IMHO, all other bar code readers named above become obsolete, as there is now one primary reader which has swallowed up all others. Call it 'integration' as opposed to 'fragmentation':

http://blogs.s60.com/tommi/2006/12/2d_barcode_manifesto.html

Also, in addition to our direct working partners HP, Publicis and Nokia (share structure ownership, aka BlueRun Ventures) IMHO, MC2 will continue to unite the PWC players under one roof and one standard. Watch for some surprising new entrants into this elite 'think tank' which wholly supports Gavitec and NeoMedia, as the NeoReader will not only set the new code reading standard, but will in fact become the defacto standard itself.

Lastly, CH intuitevily understands that unless we partner with our former rivals, this space will remain a combat zone. I believe our former rivals understand the exact same thing, as most all are 'Angel' funded, working on limited resources, as opposed to being publicly traded with unlimited resources. Watch for deals among our former rivals soon, as Jeff Mould has brilliantly imtimated.

Gotts to go, surf's up: http://www.belmar.com/default.asp?Section_ID=245

All the Best, JP

PS: I do know what I own...

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