> You are correct of course - it might be very anticipated email,
> and having AIBO deliver it could be great. But consider the amount
> of relevant vrs non-relevant mail that gets through to your
> phone/pc. SPAM a pain in the butt to deal with even with filtering
> tools etc. So spam on the AIBO+ is going to be easy deal with? Whats
> the AIBO equivilent of the delete key? a kick perhaps?
I don't exactly get your point...sure, SPAM is a pain, but
if you chunk out 150,000Yen for an AIBO and let him watch
your apartment for possible intruders, you very much
anticipate his (her? its?) email.
Also AIBO always sends from the same address, so to set
a filter for AIBO mail should be simple enough if you
worked yourself through AIBO's manual.
> I see the potential. I also see a huge gulf between the
> potential, and the ability to deliver the potential in a way which
> is meaningful to people.
You saw too many bad examples. Join Nooper and you will see
how a good example for useful mails looks like. And Nooper
hates SPAM, too: http://nooper.com/nooper-antispam.gif
> Of course, its genuinely nice to see people excited. However the
> reasons people often become excited 'its new!' 'no one else has it'
> become the same reasons to reject it later on, unless in the mean
> time it manages to deliver so to speak.
To be honest, I believe that all the cute robots are still
just that: cute. I would not rely on a 2million yen BANRYA robot
to watch my apartment if a wet towel thrown on him makes
him blind and confused. A simple infrared alert for 10,000yen
at Tokyo Hands is more effective.
> I presume Sony work hard on playing up the trust angle in the
> relationship between AIBO and its 'owner'. How much spam before that
> trust is gone?
Unfortunately I still don't get why you always assume that AIBO
sends you SPAM? AIBO don't sends you any email if you don't tell
him to do so. So the originator is technically AIBO, but
logistically it's yourself.
So you could argue that AIBO sends you too much mails, or mails
at unusual times while you try to sleep etc, but AIBO will not
try to sell you viagra, mortgage loans or offer you access
to horny housewives. At least I believe so, or maybe you know
more than me about Sony's strategy?
>> why so negative?
> Negative? - Definitely
> Realistic - Probably
Mhm, if you could make a point why you believe that AIBO sends
yourself SPAM, maybe we can add the "realistic" to the list.
Juergen
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Received on Tue Apr 8 06:21:41 2003
