The future of mobile porn

Now that the festive season is well and truly behind us, some lucky souls amongst you will have spent most of January getting used to your new all singing, all dancing 3G mobile that Santa brought you for Christmas. Millions more or us will still stick to our 2.5G camphones phones for the time being.

The money that the mobile operators have spent in order to launch 3G beggars belief. Back in 2000, many clever governments decided to auction the necessary frequencies needed i.e. the airwaves that belong to us all. So, it seems, it is possible to make money out of thin air! A staggering £120 billion was spent on these required licences alone – before a single penny had been spent on the necessary infrastructure. Yes, thanks to 3G, there are now even more masts dotted around our green and pleasant land.

The strange thing is, no one was quite sure what we might actually do with these fabulous new handsets. Well, let met me tell you the real meaning of 3G – Girls, Games and Gambling, that’s what! And here’s the twist – network operators will not touch the content that will drive this market forward with a bargepole. Corporate bluechips and hardcore pornography are not good bedfellows…

I suspect that many of you will soon tire of the sports and comedy clips offered to you by your networks, and actively seek out good quality porn ‘to go’, if you have not done so already. The mobile ‘tuning’ market is already a £1bn dollar industry in it’s own right – and that’s just for ringtones! Industry observers believe that the mobile porn industry will eclipse ringtones by 2008.

So, how do you ‘sex up’ your mobile? And what’s on offer? Well, first this depends if you are 2.5 or 3G handset owner. Pictures, or ‘wallpapers,’ are available for all. As for watching clips, well, the difference can best be described as the difference between dial up and broandband, the former not exactly being the best user experience, if you get my drift.

The popular SMS chat and dating services will gradually be eclipsed by MMS Picture and video services. Companies operating in this space will no longer be able offer the ‘Sexy Susie is feeling soooo horny – text her now’ service utilising the swift keyboard skills of a balding middle-aged guy called Malcolm. Customers will demand, and get, the ‘real’ thing!

The new bluetooth enabled handsets have sown the seeds of a new and exciting social phenomena – toothing. It’s the newest craze in flirting and chat that has mobile phone users ‘toothing up’ due to it’s reputation of possible anonymous sexual encounters or new romances in the most unexpected places.Bluetooth ia a wireless technology that allows two mobile devices to communicate with each other over short distances without going via the mobile networks. Users can search for other phones in the vicinity, select a phone to ‘Tooth’ and send a flirty message to start the conversation, the usual greeting is: 'Toothing?'. If the other party is interested, messages are exchanged ranging from fun and flirty to down and dirty. What happens next is up to you!So if you are looking to spice up your next supermarket visit, make your train commute home more interesting, or fancy chatting up the cutie who is a few seats over in the bar... Toothing could be your answer!

Another interesting new development in the adult arena are the emergence of voyeur web portals that allow the growing army of cam-phone owners to post their naughty pictures on the web for the whole world for all and sundry to see – satiating the carnal desires of both voyeurs and exhibitionists in one swoop. Ah, the joys of the new unwired digital world in which we now live!