RE: UKNM: Re : Mobile Commerce

[Nicholas Tettenborn]

> Can anyone enlighten me as to whether M-commerce will take off in

> the U.K. ?


well it has in Japan... I think the general opinion it will at some point

but when is why people pay mobile consultants so much cash...


> Is WAP really the best application protocol for it ?


maybe maybe not... the advantage of WAP is it is a standard that a number of

vendors agreed on.


> How come WAP has not

> seen success in Europe as i-Mode in Japan so far ?


Because the difference in my opinion between i-Mode and Wap is that i-Mode

is always connected. You can instantly press a link and it will provide the

data... unlike with WAP services offered at present which you have to wait

to connect to (at least 20 seconds)...GPRS will add this ability to WAP

services so at that point it will be a level playing field.


i-Mode is the best service at the moment but the technology is available to

all the operators.. Then the 3rd generation mobile networks will be in place

to offer much better bandwidth.. and the competition will then be on

services offered....


but yes there is room for WAP....


also:


> JB Writes:

> Because i-mode is a Ferrari compared to the Morris Minor that is

> WAP. Bring

> on G3 and real colour, full screen, mobile internet browsing and I will be

> converted!


ahhhahhh the batteries are not getting that much more powerful that

quickly!! so you won't be seeing that until blue tooth remote batteries are

available every where....


and Palm has proved that you do need to design for the device and don't seem

to have done badly in black and white while every other manufacturer was

offering colour cut down PC operating systems... so you are also a long way

off...


Cheers


Nick



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