On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:17:15 +0900, Philip Sidel wrote
> Please don't forget about the consumer side of this discussion.
patrnoise me oh please great wise one, for i had not considered.
> The tradeoff between convenience and security concerns is
> significant, and cannot be ignored.
marketingspeak - tradeoff between secriuty and convienence reminds me of the
phrase "taken to its logical conclusion".
no further disrecpect is intended here Phillip, but i have endured many as
foresster repor, or a deliottes study, and have found on average, if the
wind is in the right direcxtion and with the blessing of god, that most
mobile research is widely inaccuracte.
the best research for you and your kind is the top selling phones, and
creative designers and developers with an instinctive understanding of what
joe public wants.
Additionally, there are other
> factors at play, each affecting the choice to adopt and use specific
> devices. Although the technology may be fantastic, without a
> reasonable and effective story to the consumer, that technology will
> fail.
>
marketspeak again. no story needed to sell new technology, function sells
it - ie clearer pictures = DVD, Videophone = 3G.
darren
> Best,
> Philip
>
> At 03:32 PM 2/16/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >Well, there are others that favour the Personal Mobile Gateway vision,
> >IXI Mobile is one example (http://www.ixi.com/Products/index.html). The
> >OQO is prepared for this view of a Personal Area Network since it has
> >Bluetooth.
> >
> >One benefit with the gateway is that you can exchange it when you travel
> >in areas with a different cellular standard without having to transfer
> >loads of information from one device to another.
> >
> >There are loads of other convenient benefits with having more than one
> >device so there will probably be companies in both camps, the
> >one-device-vision and the multiple-device-vision.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Johan
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> > > [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Benjamin KRIEF
> > > Sent: den 16 februari 2004 15:38
> > > To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> > > Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Related - Mobile computing on a new level
> > >
> > >
> > > hi ,
> > >
> > > i don't know if it's the good place to speak about that ,
> > > but what i REALLY don't understand , is why all those new
> > > tiny computers don't integrate gsm/dcs capacities.
> >
> >[ excessive quoting removed by moderator ]
> >
> >
> >
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> Philip Sidel
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