(keitai-l) Re: Business Model

From: Cris Vulpe <crislv_at_earthlink.net>
Date: 11/01/00
Message-ID: <008d01c043cc$2038b2f0$0b01a8c0@zinccs.com>
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Oliver Wittchow <ow@nanoloop.de>
 
> quoting from Cris Vulpe "Re: mp3 to keitai?":
> 
> > Let me just say that the major difference is probably public
> > transportation.  In Japan millions of people spend many hours
> > a day in public transportation and have the time to use the
> > phone.  This does not happen in the US.  Not yet, at least.
> 
> Don't you have those large shopping malls with all those star bucks all
> over the country where young people hang out all day?

I think you are trying to be funny.. ha, ha..

Regarding teenagers hanging out at the mall..
I assure you their parents are not going to buy
web-enabled phones with hundreds of minutes
of air time and/or net access for them to 
exchange flirts with their crushes.  Teenagers
around here use pagers and return calls from
payphones.  They can pay for those out of 
their allowance.

I have gone into details as to why I think wireless
net is not catching on in the US..  One more time..
in the US, land-line communications are cheap..
there is little or no incentive to go wireless..

That will change one day.. I am sure.. but that
day (I think) is a while away..

Cheers..




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Received on Wed Nov 1 08:14:43 2000