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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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1 May 2006 - 4:21 pm
I have a small obsession when it comes to leveraging cell phones to do more than talk on the phone. I like seeing applications and services that leverage existing technology that many of us already have to do cool things. They're cool in their own right, but they also tell us a lot about what the future will hold for us in terms of technology. ScanR is an example of one of those apps. Using just a camera phone's picture taking capability, you can convert a whiteboard of notes into a neat and clean, searchable pdf. Admittedly, you need a camera that takes at least 1mp pictures. But while that's the top of the market today, it won't be a top of the market feature forever. I think there are cool applications that can be built that combine gps and pictures as well. Taking a picture of a business's sign and cross-referencing the gps location can give you a quick and simple address book application, for example. So, in my mind, ScanR is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to camera-based services that will be targeted toward camera phone owners. It's a big market, so it makes sense to build services for that market.
Posted by on 1 May 2006 at 4:20 PM
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