“Call it pornography for iPods. Smut for smart-phones. Call it what you will, mobile pornography is a growing business,” Jessie Seyfer reports for The Mercury News. “Adult content is already the top Google search for most mobile Web browsers, and thousands of soft-core porn videos have been downloaded since appearing on Apple Computer’s iTunes store. With the popularity of video-enabled phones and music players like the video iPod, mobile porn seems like a natural next big thing.”
“Analysts confirm that yes, it’s growing. And critics are already railing against it. Analysts caution, however, that it will probably never become as widespread on mobile devices as it has become on the Internet. ‘Adult services are not a killer application in waiting,’ said Nitesh Patel, of Strategy Analytics,” Seyfer reports, “But author Violet Blue, a San Francisco-based author of numerous books on sexuality, begs to differ. ‘I think it’s going to catch on in a big way,’ she wrote in an e-mail interview. ‘It’s got all the things that made Web porn successful: privacy, in terms of accessing content, and anonymity, but also portability. Porn is no longer tied to a TV or computer, you can enjoy it anywhere, and with earbuds, quietly.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: “Thousands of soft-core porn videos have been downloaded since appearing on Apple Computer’s iTunes store?” Is she describing the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit videos available via Apple’s iTunes Store as “soft-core porn videos” or is there some other content we haven’t heard about?
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