Peer to peer file sharing could soon be possible via mobile phones, meaning people could send MP3s to people in much the sameway they send text messages. French company Apeera has developed technology that gives users a digital store cupboard for their own media files on their mobiles and lets them pass them on to anyone who wants to use, listen or look at them on their own handset. Creators hope the telcom companies will go for the new technology in their bid to convince people mobile phones are mini-multimedia units.
However some fear it will open up the Napster style illegal transfer of copyright music and movies to a much bigger audience than ever before.