“I don’t know how they usually do it, but I know how they should do it: by crowdsourcing. Thousands of times a day, all over the world, ordinary people remark, in restaurants or offices or living rooms, “You know what cellphones really need?” — and never suspect that they’ve just struck commercial gold.
In September, ’tis the season for tech companies to roll out their new iPods, new cameras, new everything, in hopes of kicking off lucrative holiday sales. And to celebrate the new products, and to give those tech-company idea makers a head start for next year, I’m pleased to present the results of the first Pogue Tech-Idea Crowdsourcing Exercise. “
,,,David Pogue proceeds to list suggestions around Cellphones, Home Theaters, Cameras, Laptops and Music Players
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