Re: imode far superior to wap

2000-08-10 Thread Renfield Kuroda
James Seng wrote: Not sure if it is relevant but i-mode is working on an end-to-end IP system now which will be deploy sometime next year. Really? I am in Tokyo and follow wireless developments, especially i-mode, quite closely, and I've never heard of such a plan. Can you elaborate?

Re: WAP - What A Problem...

2000-07-05 Thread Renfield Kuroda
"Taylor, Johnny" wrote: In addition to this point I would like to also state WAP is the front runner in regards to linking wireless apps to the Global Internet and her sub-nets. I'd have to disagree there. The 8 million non-WAP users in Japan are unarguably enjoying the most prolific, robust,

Re: WAP - What A Problem...

2000-07-04 Thread Renfield Kuroda
Graham Klyne wrote: At 07:12 PM 6/30/00 +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote: Why use SMS instead of just voice? Has anyone considered the ergonomics of WAP? Even if it works perfectly, how many people are willing to work on a screen smaller than a credit card? Well, 10 million Japanese, and

Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-06-30 Thread Renfield Kuroda
I don't think WAP Mobile Internet any more than TCP/IP is Internet. The Mobile Internet is data/communication devices you carry around with you. Here in Japan we have 8 million non-WAP mobile internet users, plus another 2 million WAP users, and the numbers are exploding. But, and I know this

Re: WAP - What A Problem...

2000-06-30 Thread Renfield Kuroda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 19:12:26 +0200, Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Anyway, I have a really good instinct for picking technology winners, and thus far I put WAP in the same category as MiniDiscs, bubble memory, color fax machines, and quadraphonic

re:wap is a trap - reject wap

2000-06-28 Thread Renfield Kuroda
I find it fascinating that nobody's mentioned cHTML as a viable alternative to WML. Here in Japan, inarguably on the forefront of wireless internet, NTT DoCoMo's I-Mode service enjoys almost 8 million regular users of cHTML over PDC packet-switched network. cHTML is simple, easy to migrate to