SK Telecom are sponsoring art for mobiles, letting users download and display masterpieces as wallpapers.

This seems to be an area which has been massively under-exploited to date; we've been in vague discussion with a client to try and get them doing something along these lines (and then heading off in a slightly different direction, of course ;)).

No-one "owns" art on mobile, in the way that various companies are trying to "own" gaming, or music.

The music industry on the Red Cross: "It would be incredibly disappointing if we had to sue them.". Err yes, it would, wouldn't it?

On the way between class and our traditional Sunday evening takeaway, I was talking to Steve last night about the campaign against software patents. I was vaguely aware of it but hadn't really heard much fuss in the press (compared, say, to the anti-ID cards activism).

It sounds really scary. As I understand it, broad patents will allow large software companies to form cartels, in which each member cross-licenses IP to the others and thereby keep smaller organisations from innovating. Even the threat of legal action would frequently be enough to cause individuals or organisations to stop what they're doing (as we know from the music industry).

It's like interconnect fees for ideas. Bad stuff.

Aha! Just noticed that Nokia have fixed one of my big gripes in the 7610... you can reply to an MMS by sending back a text message easily.

Up until now I've continually found myself receiving a picture message then having to exit, go back to messaging and compose a text - really annoying. I had quite cynically thought this might be a way to deliberately bump up MMS revenues - and am glad to be proved wrong :)

No time for 'real' play: "Toys should be 90% child and 10% toy. They should be props for children's fantasy, not directors for their every behavior."