tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11834230.post6509418229425277560..comments2023-10-31T10:46:10.685-05:00Comments on Thomas Howe Log: Where are the Web 2.0 Developers?Thomas Howehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09328315895822849211noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11834230.post-90168138659274290372007-02-12T11:36:00.000-05:002007-02-12T11:36:00.000-05:00Nice post. A lot of good points. Of course I agre...Nice post. A lot of good points. Of course I agree with mmaeir that it's not about telephones but "applications and services" and that "A service can include different types of media and delivery mechanisms." Exactly. And the PhoneGnome platform is ONE DELIVERY MECHANISM, a vehicle to deliver your application/service to billions of household phones people are already using, in a practical and affordable way. I'd argue that such a delivery vehicle could be game changing. PhoneGnome doesn't preclude the service from also supporting other media and delivery mechanisms, but it makes a new one (that otherwise is probably impossible, or certainly impractical) a reality.<BR/><BR/>The basic idea is that if you are already building this new wonderful service, it's super easy to adapt it for PhoneGnome. Take the iotum case. PhoneGnome is the reason iotum service is avalable for any household, on any phone number, using any phone carrer/service, in North America TODAY. It doesn't mean PhoneGnome is the only delivery vehicle/media iotum can use, but it was almost zero-cost to deploy to the PhoneGnome platform as one delivery mechanism. As we say, it couldn't hurt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11834230.post-2652455535310712007-02-07T04:15:00.000-05:002007-02-07T04:15:00.000-05:00You hit it on the head!
We have to stop thinking h...You hit it on the head!<br />We have to stop thinking how we can improve the traditional phone service with *new* applications.<br /><br />As Jeff Pulver says - "voice is just another application". That means that in an IP world, we don't talk about telephones but about applications and services. A service can include different types of media and delivery mechanisms. As an end user I don't care how you do it, as long as the end result is helpful. Examples - iotum and the reservation example you brought in your post. More on this at my blog http://flatplanetphone.com/wordpress/?p=38Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006783391331953639noreply@blogger.com