But to be honest, neither do not need nor do I want to have a colour display on my cell phone.
This device is for me in first instance a means of communication and nothing else (think about all that games).
I think that WAP is not well accepted and therefore not much used because of the well known reasons.
So it will be only a matter of time until WAP kills itself.
Despite this fact I would never limit myself to use the mice-cinema-display (no matter if colour or b/w) for using the internet.
But here we come to the really bad point: if it comes to using the phone for accessing the internet (for instance with your Newt or LapTop),
the connection speed is inacceptable low. HSCD does not help much, because it is not generally supported from all providers.
This is the real drawback in my opinion.
Regarding the attitude of both, the japanese and the western world. I think both of them are not good:
- the western world by ignoring the development on this field in japan
- the japanese because of their sardonic grin down to the western world
Johannes
-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Brose [SMTP:oliver.brose_at_t-online.de]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:03 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] [OT] Bigger than iWalk
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 07:55:19 -0500 (EST)
> From: Victor Rehorst <victor_at_newtontalk.net>
> Apparently, it's so I can get my 8 pixels of screen on my cell phone
> filled even faster. Seriously. IMNSHO, a cell phone is a horrible form
> factor for a web browser. Other information systems, maybe, but WAP is on
> its last gasp and nothing else has come around. I'm sure someone in Japan
> will rebuke me though, I'm just bitter because I'm in North America and we
> can't get damn cell phone systems right :)
Same for Europe.
WAP just sucks, it is absolutely pityful. Why waste ten minutes searching
for a book while loosing money for the connection? GPRS won't be much
better, but an improvement regarding the time&cost factors.
The Japanese show us. You have UMTS in Japan *now*, not "maybe second
quarter 2003", with great services, using color cellphones one cannot dream
of here, and people buy and consume those things at addiction-level.
You couldn't even sell a phone without colour, as I have read, because
people would just laugh at you.
I guess this behaviour and its results are a matter of attitude, but I do
not know for sure of whom.
Is it the western consumers who do not want to have the best available
technology *today*, and who are dumb and ignorant, not even knowing about
and asking for the best, or is it the western companys who fail to keep up
with the japanese, fail to create and market new devices and services, and,
as nobody asks for anything else, happily keep on selling crapphones (now
with 32MB for endless MP3 fun, WOW!) and low level unified messaging as new
and cool?
Oliver :/
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