February 14, 2003
PunterSearch
In February, the excellent TheFeature.com, did a week-long series called «Sin is in» covering all aspects of mobile porn.
A market to get excited about, according to British research firm Visiongain, which estimates that sales of wireless erotica could reach $4 billion by 2006.
Adult entertainment should account for as much as 80 percent of the early-adopter traffic, if previous models such as video, DVD and the Internet are anything to go by
Most of the adult content providers such as porn star Serenity and Penthouse.com use their wireless sites to promote stars, sell related products or to attract the customer to their Internet sites.
Other companies are more innovative:
— Puntersearch has been written about and stands out for it's audacity, a prostitute finder service (which allows users to search by location or personal attribute such as hair colour) — thankfully, I could no longer find it online.
— Private Media offers an animated-Gif MMS where a porn star asks the wireless voyeur a question. Answered correctly, she'll take off an item of clothing. When she is completely naked, the user will be asked to pay a fee for a code number online to get access to a "private" Web session.
A must read series of articles in TheFeature.com
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