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Direct to eBay
Josh McCoy
Gillian Smith
Motivation
Buddha Life
Thangka Painting Water color with 24kt
gold paint 15” x 19” $65.60
All items shown available on Third World Craft Nepal: http://www.thirdworldcraft.com/EN/
Copper teapot Highly detailed $12.90
Motivation
Kumari Mask (Living Goddess of Nepal)
11” x 8.6” $3.70
Motivation
Motivation
Solution Use phone to
communicate directly with eBay
Prototype Send MMS to server Server puts up auction MMS back to phone on
auction end
Design Decisions
Established standards MMS IMAP/SMTP XML
Simplicity Automation
An Application on the Phone
Pros More information Reliable structure for data Better interface
Cons Distribution to users Programmable phone availability
Proposed Extensions
Remove email dependency Get summary of auctions’ statuses Maintain history of seller auctions Additional information about seller on auction
site
Demo
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