(keitai-l) Re: i-mode vs net

Customer retention is a major problem for all the carriers as people
apparently rarely renew a contract. Instead, they simply buy a new service
to get the latest set of features in the new phones.

> From: jason.c.freedman@ac.com
> Reply-To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:18:32 +0900
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: i-mode vs net
> 
> 
> I don't know, I guess.  Anyone know how fast the turnover really is in
> phones?
> 
> Personally I try to keep my phone as long as possible, rather than spending
> over 15000 yen regularly.
> 
> My basic point was that there are 7Million iMode users and exactly none
> currently support Java.  So you really have an installed base of 0.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> 07/14/2000 07:47 AM MST
> Please respond to keitai-l@appelsiini.net
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> To:   keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> cc:
> Subject:  (keitai-l) Re: i-mode vs net
> 
> 
> Would it really be crazy? As the turnover in keitai's is quite high already
> due to styling, I would think that Java support will be rather rapidly
> deployed....
> 
> jason.c.freedman@ac.com wrote:
> 
>> yes on all accounts.  Although Java will be supported in the near future
> on
>> new iMode phones (sounds like you'd be crazy to use Java now when people
>> would need to upgrade hardware to support this feature (at a few hundred
>> dollars a pop)).  Actually I think that this is a big issue with cell
>> phones.  Unlike upgrades to browsers where MS or Netscape can just
> support
>> a new feature by downloading a new browser, with these phones you need to
>> upgrade hardware.
>> 
>> Changes the whole cost model for upgrades.
>> 
>> Jason
>> 
>> keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
>> 07/14/2000 01:29 PM CET
>> Please respond to keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>> 
>> To:   <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
>> cc:
>> Subject:  (keitai-l) Re: i-mode vs net
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> If I'm right myself, I don't think i-mode supports javascript bacause the
>> system is based on HTML 1.0 at the moment and also the memory allocation
>> per
>> page of data is only 5k, which puts a stretch on what content, smart or
>> otherwise, which can be incorporated.
>> 
>> Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but thats what I know anyway!
>> 
>> Matt
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "M. David" <davidm1@hotmail.com>
>> To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
>> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 1:17 PM
>> Subject: (keitai-l) i-mode vs net
>> 
>>> I didn't see it on the i-mode pages, so just to check, i-mode does not
>>> support
>>> java script for now right?
>>> This might be a good way to serve stuff to net browsers (MS, Netscape)
>> vs.
>>> i-mode.
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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