Street Kiosk App Stores: 3 Disruptions to Watch

October 30 2009

(via Jan Chipchase @FuturePerfect)

For those interested in the ingenious ways in which people from the ‘Developing Countries’ (formerly known as the ‘Third World’) that experience a digital divide – here is a great ethnographic observation made in Kabul, by Jan Chipchase on his blog.

Excerpt –

Expect to see three disruptions in this space: the prevalence of cheap net books will lower the cost of entry and enabled vendors without constant access to mains power and/or a backup generator to set up shop – currently most content sits on desktop PC’s, the mobility offered by net books make it feasible to perch a unit to the side of a shop counter and gives the vendor something to do (playing games) whilst waiting for the next customer; the global move towards Micro-USB for charging mobile phones will also lower the barriers to transfer data – currently there are numerous methods to move data from PC to mobile phone and the consumer experience is highly variable – a standardised service makes it more of a viable proposition, and the net book is also able to function as a charging hub, and whilst not ideal it enables drop-off/ transfer/pick-up type behaviours; a shorter distance to the nearest internet connected hub to download/obtain recent content for resale.

Sounds exciting! Degree project ideas anyone? :)

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