Re: UKNM: Re : Mobile Commerce

[will rowan]

Tom,


good points -


Will


Tom Hume wrote:


> At 13:18 15/08/2000 +0100, UKNM Digest wrote:

>

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

> U.K.

> >Good question

> >Yes, it will.

> >But not on WAP as we know it: it's too slow, screens are mono & small, &

> >transactions usually not available (see editorial, this month's Net

Profit)

>

> WAP is not responsible for small screens or monochrome displays.

> Transactions are possible - Amazon, for instance, allow purchases through

> their WAP service. End-to-end security is not currently there but there

are

> workarounds (like Amazons) and this is an issue future versions of WAP

will

> address.


QED ;¬)


>

>

> > > Probably not. And certainly not on its own. Wait for Bluetooth to

bring

> it

> > > life

>

> Bluetooth is a completely separate technology. Bluetooth and WAP fit

> together as well as Bluetooth and FTP.


Yes they are separate technologies. Working together, though, for example

Bluetooth enables a wireless device to become networked, which completes the

loop and turns phones from mobile communicators to mobile computers, with

the

attendant cpapbilities. (& since it's all in the future, I'll add 'probably'

to

that)


>

>

> > >  How come WAP has not seen success in Europe as i-Mode in Japan so far

?

> >Bandwidth Bandwidth Bandwidth - UMTS (next year's network) is 200 times

> >faster

> >than gsm

>

> UMTS won't reach people here next year (except in trial areas like

> Newbury). GPRS users will still be in a small minority.


True, agreed


>

> <snip>


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