Miles
16-06-2003, 11:45 AM
Pornography is the handmaiden of new technology, it's often claimed. So, will video phone sales be driven by the lust for bare flesh?
The first use that novel technologies are put to, so the argument goes, is to let people look at, read or talk about rude things. Sex, it seems, is synonymous with new gadgets.
As video phones - known as third-generation or 3G phones - make their appearance, it is no surprise to hear many people say porn will drive its early adoption.
The talk of porn and technology has got more feverish with 3G because, some speculate, operators will beat their customers in turning to erotica.
Mucky mobiles
Some big-name companies might offer porn services to encourage take-up of the new phones, and help pay the huge debts they incurred when buying a licence to run 3G services.
Operators want to do porn but do not want to be associated with it - they want the cash and the moral high ground
David Jarvis
"Erotica lowers your risk because you know it is going to sell," says David Jarvis, wireless manager at the Barcelona-based Private Media Group.
Mr Jarvis is in no doubt that porn and 3G phones will go hand in hand because phones have become such personal devices.
"Receiving a text message from someone you fancy is more of a turn on than getting an e-mail," he says.
Like other media companies, many pornographers have a recognisable brand and well-known stars, says Mr Jarvis.
A new experience
The Private Media Group is keen to exploit phone technology to let people get more acquainted with porn stars such as Silvia Saint, Jodie Moore and Nikki Blonde.
Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2992914.stm)
The first use that novel technologies are put to, so the argument goes, is to let people look at, read or talk about rude things. Sex, it seems, is synonymous with new gadgets.
As video phones - known as third-generation or 3G phones - make their appearance, it is no surprise to hear many people say porn will drive its early adoption.
The talk of porn and technology has got more feverish with 3G because, some speculate, operators will beat their customers in turning to erotica.
Mucky mobiles
Some big-name companies might offer porn services to encourage take-up of the new phones, and help pay the huge debts they incurred when buying a licence to run 3G services.
Operators want to do porn but do not want to be associated with it - they want the cash and the moral high ground
David Jarvis
"Erotica lowers your risk because you know it is going to sell," says David Jarvis, wireless manager at the Barcelona-based Private Media Group.
Mr Jarvis is in no doubt that porn and 3G phones will go hand in hand because phones have become such personal devices.
"Receiving a text message from someone you fancy is more of a turn on than getting an e-mail," he says.
Like other media companies, many pornographers have a recognisable brand and well-known stars, says Mr Jarvis.
A new experience
The Private Media Group is keen to exploit phone technology to let people get more acquainted with porn stars such as Silvia Saint, Jodie Moore and Nikki Blonde.
Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2992914.stm)