What’s a Poken? Pokens are cute gadgets that help you with social networking in the real world –”Poken is your social business card.” Create a Poken Identity and plug in your personal and social networking information. You choose which of your social network profiles you would like to share with people when you meet them in the real world. I would hang mine from my keyring.
When you meet another Poken user, “high five” (I guess technically there are four little fingers there) your Pokens together and exchange information. All of their contact information and social media links that can be uploaded to your computer later using the built-in USB plug.
Go here to enter to win a Poken for yourself! Contest ends midnight Sunday, March 29.
Why do you need a Poken? Who would you most like to Poken? Leave it in comments!
Visit Got Poken? for more information and to see pictures of these funky little gadgets.
Hmm . . . interesting. Do you have one? Do I want one? One of those things that I’m not entirely sure what I think. If you lose it, are there security ramifications? A lot of people would have to get on board. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be very much fun. Can people pass viruses with them?
Diannes last blog post..Sweet
I think they’ve handled the security factor as far as losing it by requiring a password each time you open it. I doubt you can pass viruses, and yes, I agree – other people have to use it to make it doable.
Hi Dawn,
These little gadgets have just arrived in Japan. I think they could take off,
the viral marketing aspect and the link with Social Networking site profiles
is just the kind of hook that’s required these days.
I bought one a few weeks ago and was so enthusiastic I bought a pack of 12. I’ve sold 9 already and I’m about to buy another pack or two.
To Dianne .
The security aspect is very important to the concept. None of you personal details are stored on the Poken gadget, only encrypted unqiue ids of the people you’ve met. Even if you loose the Poken anyone who finds it cannot access your details stored on their webserver without your password.
( PS : I’m running a quiz on my blog with a prize of Poken to try and promote them too, which is how I found your site when checking out my ranking for Win A Poken was )