In 2004, I still preferred my mobile communications to occur by phone and was strongly against the growing mobile-e-mail masses.
Flash-forward five years and I am now that person who walks and types down the street. Given that Phase 2 Media has created the Email ‘n Walk iPhone application, I’m guessing I have company.
Email ‘n Walk works by using the iPhone’s camera to transmit a feed of the background over the subject and message fields of your e-mail message to help prevent you from walking into traffic or the nearest wall.
Which is amazing. (Though why only e-mail — wouldn’t texting be even more useful?) Of course, because the feed only shows what’s in front of it, there’s no protecting you from the many other dangers that lurk around you. Then there’s the argument that the e-mailer’s focus is on their e-mailing and not what’s in front of them, so even if they were to have a transparent background as their guide, they still might not tune in until it’s too late. The company even warns that it “can’t take any responsibility for your stupidity.”
Well that just puts me back at square one.
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