Mobile tagging has been ear-marked as a key service for businesses, marketers and those looking to sell mobile ad space.

Mobile tags provide a unique opportunity for brands and their affiliates to bridge the online-offline divide and interact with potential and existing customers, thus generating new business. The promotional barcodes can be applied to any surface and, once scanned, the information contained within can be arranged to herd consumers down the purchase path.

The emergence of the smartphone has led to change in the way marketers are approaching the challenge of attracting business. A shopper can scan a mobile tag and garner a deeper level of understanding about the product that will help them decide as to whether to make a purchase or not.

And it doesn’t stop there, beyond the purchase marketers can provide extra information, such as instructional material; such as ‘how to use’ content.

Market experts are suggesting that we’re seeing only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to mobile tags, which are revolutionising our shopping experience in way previously unavailable to marketers. Mobile tags an exciting opportunity to interact with customers in ways not previously available to marketers.

The newly-crowned king of the mobile phone world, Samsung, is hoping to consolidate its position as world leaders in selling mobile phones, with the release of two exciting new handsets, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and Samsung Galaxy Mini 2. Reports suggest that the United Kingdom will see the Galaxy Ace 2 in April; whilst the Galaxy Mini 2 will be flogged in France on launch.

Mobile network Three UK has confirmed they will offer the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.

In terms of spec, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 will offer a 3.8-inch WVGA touch screen along with an 800MHz dual core processor, 5 megapixel rear facing auto-focus camera, and VGA front facing camera, 720p HD video recording, and 4GB of internal memory.

A spokesperson for Three UK stated that the Galaxy Ace 2 will be the perfect handset for those after a stylish, quality device that delivers the latest smartphone tech at an affordable price.

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