> Maybe the idea is that once an application is resident there will be much
> less data flow [as opposed to CHTML site-based applications]. Since
> interaction with the application can be done locally, NTT might make quite a
> bit less depending on the remote data requirements of the application
> session.
>
> Still if true - not a policy to applaud.
>
While it is true that once an applet is downloaded, it will then be
running locally and doesn't need to access the network or exchange data,
hence no more packet-fees for DoCoMo, a number of options are already
worked out.
Executives at DoCoMo, Natsuno included, and Sun Microsystems, outlined
some pretty cool apps, especially in the games sector. The idea is to
have the core engine for a game downloaded to the phone and then supply
add-ons, such as new levels, characters, new backgrounds and so on, to
keep people coming back.
Not too sure about the memory, but DoCoMo personnel at December's ITU
show in Hong Kong say their phones now have 16 MBs of RAM. Whether this
is the free memory on the phone, or the for the whole function of the
phone, was not clear.
By the way, anyone know what kind of access applets have on the
resources of the phone. People have told me that the people behind the
J2ME specs (i think that is the one being used for mobile phones)
doesn't include any technical interface between applets and the phone's
resources, i.e. the keypad. In this sense, the applets are running
isolated from the phone, on only the browser. The reason was to prevent
hackers from accessing the phone's memory, resources, or write applets
that dial the police emergency number for example.
Obviously, for apps such as games, the keypad is essential, which calls
for proprietary implementations on the part of the handset maker. In
Japan, I suspect DoCoMo probably defined the interface. Anyone can confirmed?
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