I believe that with the growth of both Wi-Fi (wireless 802.11b) and
bluetooth technologies your PDA and Keitai will interface to offer a
more complete and compelling solution for those type of text based
applications, i.e. hand writing recognition, email sending, EMS, MMS....
or any other application which is already implemented on one of them.
However we should expect in a couple of years later a convergence of
Keitais and PDAs where the Keitai-PDA is fully capable of providing
Keitai functions both technically and ergonomically (design wise).
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Lester [mailto:paul.lester@lincmedia.co.jp]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:36 AM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: handwriting as Japanese input method for the
keitai
My guess is that :
About 2 years ago, someone in Japan
starting selling a touch screen phone. It flopped completely.
I think its because of that consumer response that no Japanese
company has tried anything similar with keitais....
I saw an ad in the US just now for a touch screen keitai.
(I wonder if its the same one).
Perhaps it will flop also, or perhaps not. Different consumer
base could result in a different response, or maybe not....
The consumers dislike of a pen and a keitai is probably
why no ones doing it. Its too bad, perhaps it could work with
some Microsoft marketing (they can sell anything!).
If a consumer wants it there's always the DREADED pluginable
keyboard.
Or you can hook up your PDA to your computer to your keitai and
use it that way.....albeit just as a proof of concept.
The question I always ask is when and if will "tiny" computers like
my Cassiopea,
,"bulky" PDAs, and "normal" keitais (portable phones) combine..... And
in what way,
and what do us (and they) (the users) really want.
Its incredible how archaic phones are in the US. Its like being
back 2 years ago. (I'm in the US right now).
Wolfgang Slany wrote:
> I wonder why Sharp, Sony, Casio etc do not put their excellent
handwriting
> recognition software from their pda's into their keitais. Writing
should
> be the most natural and fastest way to enter Japanese characters. I
love
> it on my Zaurus since several years, and it's far superior to all
other
> input methods I have used or still must use on other hardware. It
should
> also be ideally suited for the small screen.
>
> Wolfgang
>
> Wolfgang SLANY mailto:wsi@dbai.tuwien.ac.at
>
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