- I'm attending MobileMonday Toronto Google Presents Insights on Mobile Devices — http://mobilemonday-mars-april5.eventbrite.com #
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Greetings mobile enthusiasts!
This week’s Carnival is hosted by mobiThinking and it is a BIG one with so many submissions that some had to be turned away.
Our post on making the most of mobile through partnerships made the carnival… but there is a lot to choose from some of the best bloggers and thinkers in mobile.
Go on and click right here!
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- Firethorn Quietly Adds Support for Thousands of Financial Institutions http://is.gd/9fgly #
- I have decided to only keep two weeks of Twitter Weekly Updates on the blog… they just look ugly on the site – http://m-strat.org #
- Sync your files online and across computers with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://tinyurl.com/ygq59pr (I really like it) #
- The Growing Sophistication of Smartphone App Development | Articles | ITBusinessEdge.com http://bit.ly/bVKsry #
- Working on process stuff. When the going gets tough… I go back to the basics and it all quickly improves. #
- So if marketing works on preschoolers… what on earth are we doing to them? http://post.ly/QPuG #
- Is Microsoft's Mobile Strategy better than what we give it credit for? http://post.ly/QQXn #
- Something is up with my posterous autopost… doesn't seem to be working. Either that or I'm not working
# - <– we're both working now… (I hope). #
- 8 Things Your Phone Will (Probably) Replace http://post.ly/QZEQ #
- Mobile Banking: Fine Print on Firethorn Mobile Banking (Shocking!) http://post.ly/QZcP #
- Zoompass Launches Mobile Payments Trial Using Contactless Technology http://post.ly/QZnj #
- Zoompass Announcement Falls Short of 'my' expectations – http://clicky.me/Ixi #
- Ontario’s plan for electronic health records is at risk, official says http://post.ly/QkbN #
- Quebec digs deeper and gambles more on a high-tech future; nurturing its fledglings to maturity http://bit.ly/aB9Gc6 via @addthis #
- Books in the Age of the iPad — Defined by Content http://post.ly/R74X #
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I am not sure I get it at times. I know that the technology is limited and that a lot of the talk that sometimes goes around is more dreaming than real possibilities.
Today’s Zoompass announcement however strikes me more as a step backwards than a forward one. This is what happens when the initiative is carrier-lead instead of bank lead. I realize that these comments are not popular among some of my readers (I know where you work) but as a consumer I am still on the side of banks dealing with my money.
There are two things that dampen my excitement about this announcement:
- The first thing is the following phrase: “payment is automatically drawn from the user’s Zoompass stored value account.” This means that you and I have to manage yet another account. However easy this may be for you… for me it is a hassle. I want the money to come out of my bank account directly! Otherwise for me it is just as easy to load my Starbucks card… or my Timothy’s card at the counter from my debit card. Am I missing something here?
- The other thing is the little sticker… this could almost get me ranting a la Ewan on Foursquare. But I will not. A sticker to me seems like a step backwards. Although they talk about its attractiveness with phrases like “sleek and appealing sticker” … to me it just isn’t.
Bottom line this does not spell convenience to me.
Managing yet another account and plastering a sticker to the back of my phone.
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