Adobe's CTO Pitches 'Apps Near You' Concept 98
angry tapir writes "Next-generation applications will be location-specific, offering users information and features related to where they are at any given moment, Adobe Systems CTO Kevin Lynch, said at the Open Mobile Summit conference. 'Apps near you,' as he called the idea, would pop up on mobile screens when a user is close to a specific location. Lynch showed the example of someone with a Samsung tablet visiting a museum and being able to download a guide application."
Spam (Score:5, Insightful)
Whilst there are useful examples for local apps, the most common thing is going to be advertising brochures.
Umm (Score:5, Insightful)
How about they just focus for a little while on flashplayer-that-doesn't-suck.
Next-gen? (Score:4, Insightful)
"Will be possible soon", TFA says. How is any of this not possible now? Local wi-fi can happily direct you to an internal web page for app download. Wifi/BT signal strength can determine position within the given building/area.
The entire article reads like something a visionary might have said a few decades ago. Saying it today, just shows you don't actually have anything interesting to talk about.