I want a full report on my desk by 9 a.m. EST tomorrow morning.
Who has used this? Anyone?
New ATM dispenses cash for old cellphones and MP3 players
The “very intelligent kiosk†scans a cellphone or other digital junk from its database of 4,000, pulls out the proper power cord, examines the device for damage, and offers you cash, up to $60, ecoATM company spokeswoman Anita Giani told the Star on Tuesday.
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And, it sells your cellphone contact list to spammers?
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I wouldn't trust that thing as far as I could throw it.ChrisGreaves wrote:I want a full report on my desk by 9 a.m. EST tomorrow morning.
Who has used this? Anyone?
New ATM dispenses cash for old cellphones and MP3 players
The “very intelligent kiosk†scans a cellphone or other digital junk from its database of 4,000, pulls out the proper power cord, examines the device for damage, and offers you cash, up to $60, ecoATM company spokeswoman Anita Giani told the Star on Tuesday.
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Now there's an idea !!!! Give your personal information to some machine on the street. Brilliant !!!
Almost as good as Facebook. The only negative is that they are actually paying you money for your data rather than you simply giving it to them, as you do with Facebook.
I'll pass, thank you very much.
Almost as good as Facebook. The only negative is that they are actually paying you money for your data rather than you simply giving it to them, as you do with Facebook.
I'll pass, thank you very much.
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They only pay you for SOME of the phones. After grabbing your info, they MAY give you a pittance for your trouble!Doc Watson wrote:Now there's an idea !!!! Give your personal information to some machine on the street. Brilliant !!!
Almost as good as Facebook. The only negative is that they are actually paying you money for your data rather than you simply giving it to them, as you do with Facebook.
I'll pass, thank you very much.
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Surely anyone who uses this service would wipe the phone and remove the SIM first.
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Just like anyone would set up a home wireless network and then leave it wide open to the street crackers who cruise around looking for open networks?StuartR wrote:Surely anyone who uses this service would wipe the phone and remove the SIM first.
Or respond to the Nigerian who found millions of dollars for you if only you give your bank account and security numbers to them?
Too many people just don't know better or could care less, I'm afraid.
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Right, you-all.ChrisGreaves wrote:Who has used this? Anyone?
I agree that it sounds a little weird, but look beyond the first implementation.
This is an application (hardware and software) that will accept a wide variety of devices and DO something with them (sounds to me as if it determines the power input and supplies power to the device), at the very least analyzing and categorizing the device before triage.
The cash-back is nifty - I criticize those local shires that do NOT allow a 5c deposit on bottles etc.
But this is only a shave beyond a proof-of-concept model for a new wave of intelligent devices. I think the term Robot is now devaluated (N.Amer term for "devalued"), but this little baby sounds to me like a stand-alone intelligent device that is supposed to stand up to anything the public cares to throw at it.
That's impressive.
The concerns about spammers is valid, but I figure that technology that can identify and apply the appropriate power device would find the business of erasing memory (or re-installing default firmware etc) a push-over; after all, that's just software.
So come on, who've we got out San Diego way (for that's where the most installations seem to be)?
P.S. I think the ecological spin on this is a good way to garner acceptance; everyman and his dog wants to be "green", so capitalize on that appetite to get your foot in the door
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Pardon me for jumping in now, Doc. I don't "give" Facebook any more information about me than I do here in this Lounge. I think mebbe you have a somewhat overblown bias against Facebook, but that's just MY opinion.Doc Watson wrote:Almost as good as Facebook. The only negative is that they are actually paying you money for your data rather than you simply giving it to them, as you do with Facebook.
Facebook knows nothing about my address, bank account(s), passwords, etc. etc. and, in spite of its software "warts" has an unfair "bad" reputation among people who don't want to do that sort of thing.
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Have you seen the documentary "The Facebook Obsession" ?
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