DEMOfall: The Phone as Entertainment Center
More of a video creation and editing play, it seems to me, rather than a phone one, although the hook to participate is that they are releasing a mobile sharing tool today. Can subscribe to video feeds on the phone, search from the phone, etc.
Initial Reaction: I'm clearly not the target market for this product. The only video that grabs me on a cell phone is SlingBox mobile which isn't seen on any typical phone
Purely by coincidence, I had breakfast with CEO Ted Heick and his team this morning. They seemed like sharp, creative folks. The idea is that you dial in to a phone number to hear podcasts rather than downloading them to an MP3 player/iPod/etc.
Initial Reaction: I'm fairly skeptical about the podcast market generally. And honestly I have a hard time understanding why people would want to dial an 800 number to hear the podcast rather than having it on a typical player. I agree that to make podcasts successful the process of subscribing and listening to them must be simplified, but I just don't see the dial-in solution as the one.
Add captions and graphics to cell phone photos. Uses text messaging.
Initial Reaction: Targeted at a younger audience who sends photos around for fun and would likely add funny/snarky/silly captions.
Watch player specific clips on your cell phone. Product named USCORE. Targeted at high school level on up. Does the school need to partner with the company for it to work? What's pricing like?
Initial Reaction: Seems neat, but need to know more about how it works before I can offer any reasonable judgment.
DEMOfall, DEMO, Eyespot, Fonpods, PhotoCrank, SportStat, USCORE
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