>Hmm, who is saying that i-mode in Europe has to have the same
>applications running as in Japan? When DoCoMo launched i-mode in Japan,
>they tried to imagine what consumers *here on this market* would like to
>use. European operators (in coop with DoCoMo) could now do the same
>thing -- just for the European market.
Why not do the following: take everything usable non-technical stuff from
the i-mode concept.Transfer that to Europe. Use it with the WAP standard.
Tadaaa!
>For programming in i-mode, a lot of the basic information is available
>in English already, plus it shouldn't be that problem to translate the
>remaining parts. Developing content for i-mode has been proven to be a
>lot easier then for WAP in many ways, so programmers in Europe should
>actually have it easier to switch to i-mode, especially if they already
>have experience with web development.
It is indeed easier to program in cHTML than it is to program in WML. But
the difference is marginal, especially for experienced programmers which
will be the programmers that deliver quality service (as opposed to the
home-site creators that probably use standard packages anyway). However,
most programming effort will NOT be in programming the presentation layer
but the business logic layer itself. Don't fall in the DoCoMo trap that I
have heard on several conferences now: the easyness of programming cHTML to
WML is exaggerated.
Paul
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