DISQUS

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I was glad to be at the presentation. The whole Web 2.0 Expo was a little reminiscent of those early Silicon Alley days for me. Wow, so much energy was pumping through the new york/silicon alley scene in the late 90's. It was good to see the mix of things that made it and great ideas like kozmo that did not.

I'll never forget when the kozmo ( could of been urban fetch) guy showed up at my 4 floor walk up in mid town, sweating with my video rental and hagen daz ice cream bar. My girlfriend at the time ( now wife) said something like "that guy gets full medical insurance? How?" turns out it was a good question.

Another moment I'll never forget was at the first Silicon Alley Conference at Pseudo. It was packed and really hot. Ted Leonsis spoke for a couple of hours - i think I'm still pumped from that lecture.

Flash forward to Web Expo 2.0 2008 - glad to be back in the Alley again - great presentation Fred - thanks

The "Ultra Video" looks like an interesting phone. The design looks innovative, the camera component looks great. The unit looks so small that I wonder how how User Interface issues are addressed . Great features with clunky navigation is an issue that continues to grow along with the miniturization of these phones. Great pictures and video that are hard to get to quickly is not that great a feature in the end.

The dual screen looks awesome and may be the coolest mobile screen out there but there needs to be some "ease of use" in the navigation scheme for it to work. What good is the greatest screen and/or the greatest content if you can't get to it pronto.