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Subject: Re: UKNM: WAP (was UKNM: Internet Marketing)
From: Quentin Langley
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:07:16 GMT

Thank you. This was SOOOO much clearer than the other
chap's.

--- Siobhan McVeigh <siobhanatdeclare [dot] com> wrote:
> basic definitions: WAP allows different wireless
> devices to send and receive info
> over internet, regardless of manufacturer or network
> operator.
> BLUETOOTH creates a universal, short-range radio
> link between all types of
> electronic devices, allowing them to connect
> instantly and wirelessly with each
> other using 2.4GHz radio frequency, not infrared, so
> don't need to be in the same
> line of sight
>
> check out
>
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/stories/all/0,6605,2393891,00.html
>
> scary + exciting - bladerunner eat yr heart out :) s
>
> Sam Michel wrote:
>
> > At 14:22 29/11/99 +0000, tdibbleatglobalnet [dot] co [dot] uk
> wrote:
> > >Forgive my interruption, but we are talking two
> different propritery
> > >systems here. WAP and Bluetooth. Both are
> pervasive i their own way, but
> > >bluetooth is better suited to push marketing
> than WAP.
> >
> > Could you explain the difference between WAP and
> Bluetooth to save mine
> > (and other folks on the list who I'm sure don't
> know the subtle differences
> > between the two).
> >
> > >In reply-to uk-netmarketingatchinwag [dot] com on Mon
> Nov 29 14:18:01 1999
> > > >Maybe I'm being unfairly flippant, but if my
> phone is going to send me SMS
> > > >messages or whatever everytime I pass a shop
> signed up to this service,
> > > then
> > > >how long is my phone's battery going to
> last?
> > > >
> > > >And surely it will be even worse if you're
> in a car - as you'll be covering
> > > >a greater distance in a shorter period of
> time (especially in urban
> > > areas)..
> > > >is this not likely to drive mobile users
> insane?


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