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| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Article slamming wireless web |
| Date: |
10/30/2000 08:40:02 AM |
| From: |
Hung-Hsien Chang |
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Dear Mr. Gilmore:
"I think WAP dowright sucks." I strongly disagree with you.
Let me mention a few of the significant benefits of using WML
for mobile phone devices:
1. You use your thumb to input: it give you the exercise opportunity
and increase your waist muscle.
2. Screen size is perfect to train your vision. It reduce the chance of
getting far-sighted.
3. It provide you with horoscope to guide your through the hardship of
life and be your best companion.
4. Yes, it will end wars, eliminating hunger, stamping out racism and will
bring world peace. Not only that, it will get rid of Microsoft security
problem and resolve all the encryption and authentication concern for all
networks.
5. On top of that, it will solve NP complete problem and Riemann
hypothesis. Plus making the wrap-time-space travel possible.
"I think WAP downright sucks." I strongly disagree with you.
No, WAP doesn't suck. In fact, if you make all the mobilephones
in New York City Wap-enabled, it will solve city's garbage problem.
Hubert
P.S: To whom it concerns, I wrote this article using not only my 100%
of brain, but I borrow two from my neighbors, and get an extra
one by beggging.
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, wj gilmore wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been a passive member of this list for quite some time, but couldn't
> help but reply to this posting, since I'm the author of the article. :)
>
> Yes, I'm in agreement with Mr. Hundal that in fact this is a subject that
> has been repeatedly hammered on in publications, but I feel that it is a
> by-product of the incredible hype generated by a technology that has since
> largely been deflated due to its inherent shortcomings.
>
> Unquestionably, the wireless data communications will become a part of both
> everyday personal and organizational activities in the future: I think we
> can all agree upon this. However, it is of my personal opinion that WAP,
> although on the surface an interesting technology, has surfaced in large
> part due to the telcos. feeling that getting anything out of the starting
> gate is better than nothing. While this isn't necessarily a problem, I find
> it difficult to swallow the continued promises that it will change the way
> we communicate.
>
> However, given the harried pace upon which development of wireless
> technologies continue, it will only be a matter of time before these
> shortcomings are supplanted by a modification to current transmission
> pricing structures (i.e. from time to content charging), a hybrid of
> cellphone and pda, and higher transmission speeds. Again, this is something
> that we can all agree upon. In fact, the Ericsson R380
> (http://www.ericsson.com/R380/) goes a long way towards eliminating the
> human interface problem, in a very interesting implementation of a pen-based
> PDA and cellphone.
>
> My main beef lies in the continued hype generated by a technology that, as
> telecommunications analyst Paul Budde so eloquently put it, is crap
> (http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/25/ns-16330.html).
>
> But hey, what do I know? I have to muddle through my menial existence with
> half a brain... At least I'm doing it fashionably.
>
> By the way, I love the list, and love WirelessDevNet. Keep up the great
> work.
>
> Sincerely,
> William J. Gilmore
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Sandeep Hundal" <sandeep@wde.org>
> >To: <mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com>
> >Subject: Re: MobileLBSList: Article slamming wireless web
> >Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 01:21:56 +0100
> >
> >I think that's the 50 millionth time i've seen an article like that. i get
> >this feeling that half these people work on fashion... one minute it's
> >fashionable to talk about the wireless revolution, the next minute it's
> >fashionable to deride the idea until "the technology changes".
> >
> >Sorry to say this but that article could have been written by anyone with
> >half a brain who reads up on various wireless websites. It had nothing new
> >or interesting :(
> >
> >just my .02 euros
> >
> >/sandeep
> >sandeep@wde.org
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bryan Morgan" <bryan@wirelessdevnet.com>
> >To: <mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com>
> >Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 3:58 AM
> >Subject: MobileLBSList: Article slamming wireless web
> >
> >
> > > Interesting article at WebReview.com:
> > > http://webreview.com/pub/2000/10/27/feature/index03.html
> > >
> > > Despite protestations from the wireless crowd, what matters at the end
> >of
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