dear joost,
to give you a general picture, here is a table from a report I wrote on
imode/wap/java ... it will publish next week ... if you would like a
copy, just email me ...
Weiyee In
UBS Warburg
Director Internet Strategy
tel: +1212-821-5288
fax: +1212-821-6379
Table 2: i-mode Versus WAP — Snapshot
i-mode
WAP
Developed by DoCoMo
Developed by the WAP Forum
Packet-based
Circuit or packet switched
TCP/IP based
WTP, WDP and WCMP based
Uses cHTML as markup language
Uses WML as markup language
"proprietary Japanese technology"
"open global standard"
Adaptive strategy
Re-inventive Strategy
Turnkey service solution
Wireless Technology Platform
600+ information/content provider partners
500+ information/content providers
More than 20,000 unofficial sites
1,000 WML sites
12+ million subscribers
5-6 million activated WAP phones
Average of 10 accesses/user/day
<1 access/user/day [depending on region]
Monochrome/Color LCD displays
Monochrome until 4Q 2000
i-mode ARPU: $18
WAP ARPU $10
-----Original Message-----
From: j.koopmans
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 10:33 AM
To: KEITAI-L
Cc: j.koopmans
Subject: FW: (keitai-l) Wap vs i-mode once again
Hi,
I'm currently investigating the technical difference between Wap en
i-mode. Apart from the difference in WML and cHtml I'm interested
in other differences.
[excessive quoting removed]
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