(keitai-l) Re: Mobile Phones Must Die?

I can only partially agree; I think the "monitor display on eyeglasses" or
some sort of heads up display could be universal in the next few years. They
will convey such an advantage that failing to adopt them will amount to
dropping out of contemporary civilization.

As for an input device, that's a bit harder. After all, we're still using
keyboards at the desk top. And even though a FEW Japanese teenagers, who
seem to have little else to do, have mastered input on a Keitai keypad
doesn't mean that it's a good or desirable input method,or that it will
become a long-term world standard.

A major point not addressed in Nielsen's article is that to get to these
bigger screens and PDA/Keitai hybrids, we have to go through the economic
and technological bootstrapping of the tiny keitai display and keypad entry.
I'm glad to be in Japan where, for whatever reasons, economic and social
forces are pushing that evolution rapidly--that is, as rapidly as the foot
draggers at NTT can be dragged into the future.

Steve Carter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Shore" <jshore@e-shuppan.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Mobile Phones Must Die?


>
> Guess it will come down to will "everyday" people be willing to use such
> equipment.  Devices such as those indicated below are unlikely to come
into
> wide use, IMO - except for geeks (like myself).  Already people who use
> earpieces rather then talking straight into their keitai are labeled
geeks.
>
> I'm sure these will evolve to something more palatable by a wider
audience,
> but I think there will be other alternatives - who says you need to carry
> your display with you --
>
> JS
>
> > From: jani@sanpo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
> >
> > "Eijkemans, Paul" wrote:
> > > Ever tried to put a 17" monitor & 112-keys keyboard in your pocket?
> >
> > Yes, on a daily basis.
> >
> >   http://www.microopticalcorp.com/
> >   http://www.handykey.com/
> >
> > I'm doing wearable research, you see.  =)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Jani PATOKALLIO / jpatokal@iki.fi / +81 90 7722 3557
> > Sanpo Laboratory, Mechano-Informatics Dept., University of Tokyo
> > ヤニ・パトカリオ / jani@sanpo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp / 090 7722 3557
> > 東京大学、工学系研究科、機械情報工学科、算法設計研究室
> >
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