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Naked bodies - the future of the iPhone?

It's called a "niche market" and it's not one people feel comfortable talking about; but finally, a high profile publication has admitted what we all knew: that the iPhone makes a great porn platform.

Time magazine wrote:

To date, mobile porn has consisted largely of still images, racy text services and "moan tones," which are sultry-sounding ringtones. In Europe there is an active market for video chatting; customers pay on average $50 a month to exchange dirty messages with actresses. But now, thanks in large part to the iPhone's video dexterity, short clips are becoming a staple of the mobile porn business.

Mobile? How is it a mobile porn business, if you sync the images/videos before you leave home? And what's the chance that it will be "sold" over the air?

The idea that all the IT industry's problems can be solved by advertising is, I think, the latest bubble. Let's think about it.