Vendit, I think the best products for AIM or ICQ users are
kid's or teenager products whatever they are.
I notice my daughter always leave her AIM on, she and her friends
rarely use e-mail anymore because AIM provides multiple conversation
at the same time like a conference call, I witness 15 'callers'
in conversation with my daughter and they are all her school friends.
I can't find any other place to sell kid or teenager product over
the AIM or ICQ because they practically glue to the monitor (well,
this is the summer time, she is only allowed to turn on her tube
after all the works are done once in school season).
The market for grown-ups may not be there yet because we rarely
have time to be on the real-time conversation all the time but
I can see the great e-commerce potential through the AIM and ICQ.
MSFT and YHOO cannot get enough users to their IM because it takes
long time to establish a circle of friends.
APPLE is used pimarily in school environment, the pack between
AOL/APPLE for AIM is so important because kids establish their
connection at school and continue their connection at home
using non-apple machine.
I was in Europe lately, their hotel TV is a webTV, you can get
onto Web by paying $12/hour, I am not sure where it is connected
via cable or satelite but the idea provides a vast market, if AOL
can supply AOLTV to 'all' hotel TV, that should be great for their
future, plus someone should invent a WebVending machine so
anyone can put a quarter in to get access of say 5 minutes anywhere,
it could replace regular vending machine in the future...my free
idea, no copy right... |
