(keitai-l) Re: ZDNet Australia: Equip: Is WAP crap?

Don't underestimate the possibility that they want to migrate iMode to
markets outside of Japan. Keep in mind that NTT

1)	Owns 25% of KPN
2)	Are Rumoured to be buying into a British 3G license
3)	Are Rumoured to be considering to bid for a least one more major
European 3G license
4)	Are on a spending spree in the US
5)	And finally are rumoured to have close talks with several major
Asian Telco's.

If you were running a system who's designed (user interaction, user
preferences etc.) within a cultural sphere (stupid phrase , but couldn't
think of a better) and want to break out of it, you need to test your
solution's capabilities in the new one, you do tests. If you can do it at
home - even better. If this is only meant for Japan, it will only be a
translated version of the Japanese. If they have more advanced plans, they
will start to alter the look and feel after a while.

Kristian

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	From:  J. Sean Bennett [SMTP:sean@mail.nnet.ne.jp]
	Sent:  Friday, June 30, 2000 8:00 AM
	To:  keitai-l@appelsiini.net
	Subject:  (keitai-l) Re: ZDNet Australia: Equip: Is WAP crap?


	----- Original Message -----
	From: "Brent Bossom" <bbossom@pg7.so-net.ne.jp>

	> > And I hate my WAP phone (cdmaOne IDO by Toshiba, but at least
it's clear
	> > pink!)

	...pink?  yeah, I'd hate to pull that out in public too :)

	>
	> Should've got the Sony...
	>

	or Casio CA303 CDMAone - I like mine fine - having access to both
Domestic and
	worldwide WAP sites is the real boon to me over Nihon-centric imode.
As for
	phone services however, NTT is tough to beat - just better/smoother
service in
	general, in my view.  Then again, there are those NTT service fees.

	> Actually I just saw the new Sony I-Mode -- that thing is SWEET!
	>
	> r e n

	That one caught my eye too; slippery though, is it :)

	Regarding the newly announced 'official' English iMode
sites/services,  I wonder
	is it NTT converting the content provider's content to chtml, or is
it the
	content providers themselves.  IE - I wonder if the 'official'
English content
	was a result of the foreign content providers wanting in on iMode,
or if it was
	NTT out looking for English/foreign content to counter a short
coming compared
	to WAP services ie: English/foreign content.

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