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| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Re: building your own WAPsite with XyboWAP |
| Date: |
09/08/2000 12:43:36 PM |
| From: |
Emil Friis |
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I'm always interested in 'reality checks' :-)
When I said that very few people were using the internet in Japan I was't
really talking in absolute numbers but more in % of total population, and I
belive that a larger percentage of people are browsing the internet with
computers in Europe and the US than in Japan. Can you confirm/deny that?
Oh, and btw.: Do you where to get a decent iMode emulator? It seems like
it's impossible to find unless you have contacts in Docomo.
Emil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerhard Fasol" <fasol@eurotechnology.com>
To: "David Toushek" <DavidT@optimicro.com>
Cc: "'mobilelbslist@geocomm.com'" <mobilelbslist@GEOCOMM.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: MobileLBSList: Re: building your own WAPsite with XyboWAP
> Are you interested in a "reality check" of your statements from
> somebody actually working in the imode/internet business in Japan?
> If yes, here are some corrections/clarifications to your statements:
>
> David Toushek wrote:
> >
> > A couple years later, millions do banking, purchase books, make
> > reservations, gamble, play the stock market, and yes, check the weather,
> > and horoscopes!
>
> this is actually already the case in Japan - however it's not
> "millions" but "fifteen million".
>
> > From: Emil Friis [mailto:emil.friis@air2web.com]
> >
> > Very few people in Japan compared to Europe/US, actually use the
> > internet through computers,
>
> if 20 million people is "very few" your statement is correct.
> In most European countries 20 million is quite a lot :) But it's always
> difficult to count/define internet users precisely.
>
> > The question is whether it is too late to change what people expect from
> > WAP or if WAP has already been stamped as a failure in the mind of the
> > public.
>
> I agree that market positioning is very important - most people are
> interested in the value they get out of something (e.g. WAP) not in the
> technology. Nobody is interested in a WYP-motor driven car, if it does
> not take you from A to B substantially faster than walking, even if
> WYP is an incredible standard, on which 500 car makers have agreed.
>
> Gerhard Fasol
> Eurotechnology Japan K. K.
> http://www.eurotechnology.com/
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