"Ignoring adverts is about to get a lot tougher with the development of billboards and advertising posters that use Bluetooth to beam video ads direct to passing cellphones."I finally get a bluetooth phone, which I use with the bluetooth headset, and now I have to worry about this garbarge.
And do not let them fool you. The article says:
Furthermore, there is no risk of downloading viruses or other malware to the phone, says O’Regan: “We don’t send applications or executable code.” The system uses the phone’s native download interface so they should be able to see the kind of file they are downloading before accepting it, he adds.
May be true, but what is to stop people from doing it AND sending viruses to me. It does not make me feel any better. At least with Bluetooth it has to ask you if you want to make a connection. Too bad most people give up when it keeps asking and go ahead and accept it anyway.
