{"id":1888,"date":"2007-09-04T07:33:49","date_gmt":"2007-09-04T14:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2007-09-04T07:33:49","modified_gmt":"2007-09-04T14:33:49","slug":"what-would-you-do-with-a-totally-free-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1888\/what-would-you-do-with-a-totally-free-mobile-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"What would you do with a totally free mobile phone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We haven’t talked about the gPhone rumors<\/a>, the possibly-apocryphal mobile phone alleged to be forthcoming from Google. I read about vaporware all the time, but I tend not to remark on it. Today is different.<\/p>\n

Consider these conjectures from Seth:<\/a><\/p>\n

My non-inside prediction of what the third-generation phone they ship will be like:
\n(Relatively) free
\n(Relatively) open
\nAd supported<\/p>\n

So, any carrier can offer it (hence the free part), any developer can easily modify it\/enhance it, and the thing is paid for by location-aware permission marketing. Anticipated, personal and relevant ads based on who you are, what you do and where you are. GPS-coded photographs from all over the world automatically appended to Google Maps. Free calls if you’re on a wifi network. And it won’t be nearly as design-wonderful as an iPhone. But it will be addictive and in many ways, better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emphasis: “Free calls if you’re on a wifi network.”<\/p>\n

Stipulate all of this just for the sake of the argument. If it’s not true of the gPhone, we’re probably headed in this direction, perhaps even toward “free” ad-supported cellular service.<\/p>\n

First: This could easily be the primary phone for many, many people. No more for-pay mobile service, and no more for-pay land lines.<\/p>\n

Next: The gPhone could be the ideal second phone for busy people like Realtors. I’ve thought for a while that I might end up with a BlueTooth headset on each ear. Imagine making all of your showing calls from the gPhone. Now you can ignore your main phone with clients — which I think is good marketing — but you will know to take the gPhone calls, since they will have the access information you need. You could also stage intra-skullular conference calls, which probably is more amusing in concept than in reality.<\/p>\n

Moreover: You could use the gPhone as the mobile analogue to your Yahoo mail account: A throwaway that you will throw away when the spam gets out of control.<\/p>\n

There is an argument that people don’t respect things they get for free. That may not be true, or it may be progressively less true, but it remains that we treat free resources very differently Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We haven’t talked about the gPhone rumors, the possibly-apocryphal mobile phone alleged to be forthcoming from Google. I read about vaporware all the time, but I tend not to remark on it. Today is different. 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