The UPHONE, currently in public
testing in Limehouse UK/New York NY, is a phone-in interface to the web. Designed
for immediate collaborative sound archiving & computerless web publishing.
1.U phone in from any phone. 2. Leave an audio message. 3.
Message uploads automatically to a public listening archive on
the web. Currently archiving: sparrow report /
bit antiterror line.
A sustainable reporting
system for mobile and on-the-run communities, uphone disconnects
the user from workstation or media-lab dependency. I'M OUT OF
THE OFFICE ! I'M AWAY FROM MY DESK ! Enables your mobile or
phonebooth as a full-functioning satellite phone.
The uphone system decapitates the editorial privilege of professional
newsbureaux [bbc, cnn] for a distributed, ubiquitous reporting.
what u need: 20p [uk] 30c [usa] or a mobile. Your call will be
recorded. Auto-expedites the Press credentials of any individual.
System features approximately 1000% faster news publication capability than
CNN "breaking" news.
HELLO. YOU HAVE REACHED A UPHONE. PLEASE
RECORD YOUR NEWS AFTER THE BEEP, YOU ARE THEN ADVISED TO HANG
UP. YOUR RECORDING WILL BE UPLOADED AUTOMATICALLY TO WWW.UPHONE.ORG
THANKYOU, YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES
Consumer trends accelerate towards a prosumerisation
of media production via proliferation of off-the shelf & home-studio
products. By eliminating all specialised equipment
&/ trained technique, uphone desires to take this process to its
romantic extreme. Divest U-rself.
