(keitai-l) Re: Wireless P2P?

From: Funk <funk_at_rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp>
Date: 11/11/02
Message-Id: <4.3.2-J.20021111101439.00cb5e70@mail.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp>
Geo, a video retailer uses the IR function as a way of confirming 
membership. for more info, contact me off line.
jeff funk

At 08:42 02/11/11 +0900, you wrote:
>
>Evan Owens wrote:
>
>>Anyone know of any interesting keitai-based wireless P2P projects either
>>here or abroad?  Anything where the handsets communicate via IR or
>>BlueTooth.
>>
>>You know, like a really souped-up Love Getty or something.
>>  
>>
>There is a company called Skyley http://www.skyley.com which has this 
>goal in mind, but unfortunately achieveing this kind of thing through 
>keitai is diffficult because the phone network providers have a vested 
>interest in making your packets run through a base station.  I believe 
>there is some discussion of this in the final section of:
>
>http://www.legamedia.net/legamall/2002/02-09/0209_joseph_sam_p2p_03.php
>
>The Japanese P2P group Jnutella's avowed aim is to get real p2p working 
>over keitai, but are still stuck on waiting for the right kind of 
>hardware.  There is as yet, nothing that gives developers a programmatic 
>interface for direct handset-handset communication (i.e. not through the 
>base station).  Which is a shame because it would be very interesting if 
>there was.  E.g.
>
>http://www.japaninc.com/mag/comp/2001/06/jun01_filter_pop.html
>
>CHEERS> SAM
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Received on Mon Nov 11 03:25:30 2002