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Subject: RE: MobileLBSList: judging which wap phone to buy:
Date:  09/07/2000 10:29:10 AM
From:  Hung-Hsien Chang



The percentage is in terms of the population?
Also, how do you count Europe? ( EU as a whole?)



On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Gerhard Fasol wrote:

> > RKumar wrote:
> >
> > But really getting anything done on a WAP phone is quite a pain...
>
> This is not necessarily true: in Japan their are approx. 4 million
> WAP users, and their numbers are increasing rapidly.
>
> Thus Japanese users seem to enjoy WAP phones, and don't seem to see
> WAP as a pain - if they would, there is DoCoMo's imode waiting :)
>
> What is true however, is that WAP usage outside Japan & Korea is
> pretty slow and the numbers below confirm you statement:
>
> WAP users worldwide:
>
> 55% Japan
> 31% Korea
> 13% Europe
> 1% Rest of World
>
> This has to do with business models and other factors, some of
> which you can find explained in our imode-FAQ:
> http://www.eurotechnology.com/imode/faq.html
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gerhard Fasol
> Eurotechnology Japan K. K.
> http://www.eurotechnology.com/
> fasol@eurotechnology.com
>
>
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