Some thoughts on Overseas i-appli development, aka WHY am I developing
i-Applis?
Possible Goals that come to mind:
A- To distribute them in the Japanese market:
One should have some sort of presence in Japan ie. Consultant/Partner.
Otherwise the development part will be the least of the issues to consider.
B- To distribute them in the US/Europe/Asia when DoCoMo starts something
there:
One should contact the local DoCoMo office/partners. It is not clear what
phones will be sold where, and exactly what sort of Java capabilities they
will have. Something that works in Japanese handsets today is not guaranteed
to work in Holland in a year. For testing today, a Japanese presence will
likely be necessary.
C- To produce samples to practice or demonstrate/ To develop for "Java
Phones":
Motorola, J-Phone, KDDI, DoCoMo have somewhat different implementations. As
far as DoCoMo handsets, unless the cable issue is openly resolved, one will
have to get the handset shipped regularly from Japan. In general, to make it
work in an emulator could be enough.
Once the goal is clear, the steps should become clearer also. If A, General
Consulting/Partner search and/or Testing is done by JAPON.NET and other
participants in the keitai-list. (See who writes, what they write, look at
their sites)
Vincent J. Luna, Director
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on 01.4.18 5:16 AM, Tom Motoyoshi Kalland at tmk@earthling.net wrote:
> several members of this list have been wondering about if it's possible to
> get some sort of devkit to develop i-applis outside japan, with a phone
> that downloads through a cable and so forth.
>
> this is how the situation seems to be... as of today, there is no way of
> testing i-applis on actual phones outside japan. none of the phone makers
> including sony, panasonic, nec, fujitsu, etc. have authorization to act
> like independent entities regarding i-mode phones. as always, things are
> controlled by all mighty ntt docomo. it seems that the only way to test
> i-applis is to have beta testers armed with 503i phones in japan that can
> fetch your i-applis from your server in your home country.
>
> this really sucks and i hope that someone finds a way around this :P and if
> someone finds a solution, it would be nice if they posted it here on keitai-l.
>
> (thanks to even at triggerduck for checking this out).
>
> [ Did you check the archives? http://www.appelsiini.net/keitai-l/ ]
>
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Received on Wed Apr 18 04:04:29 2001