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So, I get told yesterday by battica that she has a surprise for me. When she got home, I was presented with a ‘Poken’, and my response was probably the same as yours, “a what?”.

I’m still not entirely sure how the little thing works, but it does and its awesome!   What you do, is plug your Poken into your USB port, and it will send you to the Poken website where you register.   During registration you get asked to upload a picture and provide info for your various social networking accounts, ala Facebook, Twitter, Skype, MSN, LinkedIn etc.   Once your details are in, you get a pretty little graph showing any contacts you have met.   Meeting contacts is the interesting bit!

When you meet someone who has a Poken, what you do is press the little button on your Poken’s ‘hand’ and touch the two together.   When the light goes green, you have connected with that person.   Next time you log in to your Poken account with your Poken plugged in, you will have the person’s V-card added to your profile, from which you can link to whatever social services they have listed!

You get the cute little character ones (I have a ninja, too awesome!   battica has the bee), as well as a more professional looking one that allows for more contacts to be made and stored.   When I figure out exactly how it works in the long run I’ll let you know, but in the meantime, here is my public v-card from Poken:

I’m going to carry on playing around with my Poken (that sounds so wrong…) and I’ll let you know how it goes. What a killer little gift to get! In the meantime, if you want one for yourself, let me know and I can put you in touch with one of the local resellers.

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