(keitai-l) Re: m-mode

From: Curt Sampson <cjs_at_cynic.net>
Date: 03/26/02
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.43.0203261131580.424-100000@angelic.cynic.net>
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Hans de Graaff wrote:

> The article mentions that AT&T will use WAP initially, and that a
> business-oriented portal will be first.

"Oh no, not again."

> I wonder how they will get the
> right user experience with WAP (especially with the current phones
> available),

They won't.

> and why they are not moving toward the consumer market first.
> ...
> More importantly, does this mean AT&T is actively making selections
> for their portal based on type of content? Isn't it up to content
> providers to decide if they can or can't make money with it?

I guess that they reckoned if they weren't going to bother with
the licence fee, they didn't need to bother with any of the other
things that made Docomo successful.

This is going to be a real "WAP 2.0", I bet.

cjs
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Received on Tue Mar 26 04:44:23 2002