If the waiter bought across a chip & pin sized device, but all you had to do was wave your phone over it and enter a PIN, would you be happy?

There’s a lot happening in the mobile payment world, with companies trialing systems, meeting dead ends and big companies partnering to start pushing the boundaries. But what really matters is, how do we all feel about it?

Does it meet your high expectations of security, simplicity and convenience? Are there any fears coming up, like if someone stole your phone or you lost it, phone and penniless!

Personally I think it sounds great because there’s no need for a wallet any-more and it means you can start paying for things even easier than ever, but then again does that mean people would want to steal my phone?

We’d really like to know how you feel about the whole caboodle, what scares you, what makes you think “wicked”, what things you’d probably use it for?

What a busy digital week it’s been, there’s been posts from blogs and newspaper articles covering everything exciting in the pervasive and online world.

A lot more mobile technology news stories are beginning to hit the news in comparison with straight internet related interest reads and so this week I’m mostly rounding up any great/bad news that’s affecting the Happy Package’s further development.

Mobile Vouchers for greasy hands

Apparently South Korea isn’t the only place where (more…)

What do you know about the distribution of Video content over Mobile Devices?

We’re chairing part of the interaction to uncover everyone’s thoughts this Thursday (27/03/08) at the Watershed 7PM. It promises to be an interesting night and we’ll be utilising some of our Bluetooth technologies so we’d love you to come. As always, there’ll be drinks in the bar afterwards!

For more details, see the Cineformation site.

The ongoing debate about the relevance of QR codes takes an interesting turn it seems…an article on moconews details the results published by The Sun relating to The Sun’s campaign to promote the use of QR codes among it’s readership - interesting reading for all, in particular us at Thought Den and Mobile Pie who are contemplating using this technology in their MediaSandbox commission. Watch this space… READ FULL MOCO ARTICLE

Great news! We finally got word from Clare at iShed that our Pervasive Media pitch has been accepted. So in the new year we’ll all be putting our heads together, brainstorming, exploring and canvassing the opinions of any one who’s interested, ready for the coming 3 months. Soon enough we might even be able to answer the most important question - what is Pervasive Media!?

During the final pitch session we were introduced to Gill from Plot and John from BDH who have also been commissioned to complete a Pervasive Media project. As it turns out both groups have chosen to explore Pervasive Media using the theme of ‘happiness’, so we look forward to the discussions we will have and to discovering the ways our projects will influence each other over the coming months.

What a great way to start the New Year!