Drew,
that's very interesting - why was it done? Was it a University
thesis project?
Cmode is different - it's for production and mass market
application. The consumer response is of course not yet
clear. In the end the consumers decide. I have been testing
the Cmode machine again today, and it seems to work well today,
the printer trouble was due to a paper jam and seems to be ok today.
Also had a discussion with one of the designers.
For more details see:
http://www.eurotechnology.com/imode/faq-cmode.html
We'll constantly update this section.
Gerhard Fasol
http://www.eurotechnology.com/
drew.freyman@nokia.com wrote:
>
> Buying goods with GSM is not for production, just demostration.
>
> On the vending machine is a 'free dial' number which you then call, go
> through an IVR, and then the machine is signalled to credit you, then you
> press the button and oila, you can buy a coke. The same problems occur
> with this system as with the cmode system:
> 1. Network costs are too high (and are not offset through significant
> savings through elimination of the cash handling function--after all the
> trucks still have to go around and replenish the drinks, the cash handling
> is just a small incremental cost of this function)
> 2. Convenience is not achieved
>
> >One thing you can't do with Cmode at this time is to purchase
> >a Coke and charge it to the mobile phone bill - which is what
> >the hype is often about: using the mobile phone as a purse.
> >I guess the reason for this is security.
>
> One area in which the GSM world is ahead of DoCoMo? To my recollection you
> can use SMS to buy cokes (and, here in Singapore, various local brews) from
> vending machines in many trials around the GSM world. The Infocomm
> Development Authority (IDA) is also developing standards for cross operator
> billing system interfacest
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