(keitai-l) Re: i-Mode push Technology

User intervention isn't an issue on the download.  One would WANT the
users to have a say-so ... as they do in WAP-Push.

Bill Volk
Bonus Mobile

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> bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Brunson, Jeff
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 3:20 PM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: i-Mode push Technology
> 
> 
> 1.  YES
> 
> 2.  YES.  As with a "wired" email, a web link can be embedded and
> highlighted.  The user just clicks on the URL to open the browser.
Very
> easy.
> 
> 3.  With no user intervention?  Not in my experience, but I haven't
used
> i-mode since Feb.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of
> bvolk@bonusmobile.com
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:50 AM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: i-Mode push Technology
> 
> 
> The simple question that needs to be asked is this.
> 
> 1. Does a i-Mode phone receive a email even when the user is engaged
in
> activities (conversations, browsing, running apps)?  I suspect YES,
> because when I drove everyone crazy about a year ago looking into the
> (non)-possibility of using a interface to a standard POP server to
> "sweep spam", I discovered that i-Mode uses a non-standard email
> technology to 'push' emails directly to the phone.
> 
> 
> 2. If so, can a i-Mode email contain a link to a browser page that the
> user can optionally load WITHOUT having to type in, or copy and paste
> the URL to the CHTML page (or whatever i-Mode is running).  I.E. can
> they bring up the web page without much trouble.
> 
> 3. Can the web page start a download of a ringtone or application?
> 
> If the answer to 2 and 3 is yes, as I suspect the answer to 1 is ...
> then there is a i-Mode push technology.
> 
> Funny thing is, a year ago I thought SMS was going to be killed by
> application based IM and Chat apps in the USA.  Now I am the BIGGEST
fan
> of SMS, P-SMS, and WAP-PUSH ... and only hope the carriers continue to
> support it.
> 
> By the way, what's a good resource for understanding the China mobile
> market (which is SMS crazy from what I can tell).
> 
> Bill Volk
> BonusMobile
> 
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