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| Subject: | RE: MobileLBSList: judging which wap phone to buy: |
| Date: |
09/08/2000 08:57:56 AM |
| From: |
David Toushek |
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Gerhard Fasol wrote:
>WAP users worldwide:
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>55% Japan
>31% Korea
>13% Europe
>1% Rest of World
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>This has to do with business models and other factors, some of
>which you can find explained in our imode-FAQ:
I think you would agree that the number one reason why there are so few
WAP users in the "Rest of the World" is because there simple are no
useful applications. But build it and they will come!
Check out this new point and click WAP builder from Xybo Systems
http://www.xybo.com/news/news_corp.html, and let me know what you think.
This new development tool will allow anybody from novice to WML
programmer to build their WAP site easily.
This product will mean more USEFUL WAP sites available to the end user,
as is the case in Japan, Korea, and Europe.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerhard Fasol [mailto:fasol@eurotechnology.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 12:14 AM
To: mobilelbslist-digest-help@GEOCOMM.COM:
Shubhro.Banerjee@Techspan.com: mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com:
RKumar@opuswave.com: fasol@eurotechnology.com
Cc: mobilelbslist@GEOCOMM.COM
Subject: RE: MobileLBSList: judging which wap phone to buy:
> RKumar wrote:
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> 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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