here's an idea

A dialer for the android phone.
A list of contacts in alphabetical order.


The contact list in android reeks of sloppy re-ification. 'Contact information' is a very good talking point . But it is not used that way, is it now ?
Somebody would've thought - these things are all variations of the same thing - sms, home phone, cell phone, work address, etc ..  so let's build a complicated filing system for the contact information.
Of course, we won't worry too much about things as user experience.

There was an article doing the rounds that the unveiling the iPhone made the guys behind Android  to go back to the drawing board.  With Steve Jobs dead,  and looking the 'features' released it's inevitable that Apple's no longer in the groundbreaking 

here's an idea

It's really easy to have a website showing you many many books and artifacts.
People also set up a shop with limited inventory, but real human beings who talk to you.

Combine the two of them.
Mechanical turk .Legion of sales personnel sitting at home or in offices matched to a long-tail based inventory system.
Give jobs to all our sellers,  at the same time, give buyers a human to talk to.

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2. How the west was won - R.E.M
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