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Actually no. Reuters' story today, "Porn to spice up cell phones," is just a rehash of a trend story that was never fulfilled, despite plenty of publicists planting the story to promote clients' phone-porn ventures. Take, for instance, the 2004 Cox News story, "Can you see me now? Porn coming to U.S. cell phones," a result of Playboy expanding into mobile phones. Of course Playboy was late, as there was already a story about the struggling phone-porn industry in 1992, when cell phones were actually larger than a naked woman. Click through for the full-size screencap from the Lexis Nexis archives &mdash and the real reason Reuters ran this story.
Buried in page number whatever is a mention of the Mobile Adult Content Conference, who lent their keynote speaker for an interview. The 3rd annual "MACCongress" met yesterday and today. (Their web site has a photo of people in VR headsets, since VR porn will catch on as soon as developers perfect a non-stick headset.) Looks like Reuters rolled over for an easy trend story at the behest of a MACC flack.
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My dayjob is in the mobile industry so let me say this bit of boring truthiness: not gonna happen. Carrier restrictions are extremely conservative. They don't want to lose soccer mom family subscribers over this.
I think you've found your niche, Nick: reporting on trends/people/companies that are late to the party.
is anyone else not seeing the "full-sized screencap"? nick, I've just about had it with you and your empty promises.
@the supergoddess: ah, there it is. see babygirl, that tantrum thing you do? works every time!
Smaller, slower porn! That's for me. Wait my e-book device thingy just went blank. Honey, why does the VCR always say 12:00? Which remote changes the TV? I am building a pantheon and it is coming along just fine!
@TheHonJudgeSmails2: then when is his autobiography coming?
Oh Gawd, I hope this doesn't ever happen. I don't need to see even more sweaty, nervous men on the bus in the afternoon, fumbling with their phone keypads with their pants undone.
@hypocriteoath: Explain...
I saw some phone porn in the UK. It was repulsive. And tiny.
@PimpMyCouch: They won't need to undo their pants. Combine this feature with the vibrating alert, and keeping it in the pocket will do just fine.
The only MACCongress in which I have any interest involves drag queens voting to give me lots of free makeup.
@TheHonJudgeSmails2: Douglas seems, by virtue of the topics he covers, to be late to the party at times himself... therefore he could keep writing about things being late to the party if he wrote an auotbiography...
@hypocriteoath: But he wouldn't be able to complete it until after he's long dead.
@SarahHeartburn: Oh, gross...
@hypocriteoath: I thought that's what hizzoner meant in his original ruling.
@DonPardoCalrissian: Yes, but let's not be dicks about it.
@DonPardoCalrissian: @TheHonJudgeSmails2: no, it's fair. I deserve a good lashing for my lack of insight and inability to come up with anything the least bit intelligible or amusing. I apologize and sweat profusely.
@TheHonJudgeSmails2: Coincidentally, on the train this morning, I was watching that episode of News Radio where Bill writes a "Real Deal" commentary on rap lyrics.
Funny episode.
@DorothyMantooth: Oh how I miss that show.
@fiveinchtaint: I just bought the first five seasons on DVD. It's TOTALLY as good as you remember, my dilznoofus!
Gazziza!
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