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| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Article slamming wireless web |
| Date: |
10/30/2000 08:40:02 AM |
| From: |
wj gilmore |
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Touché.
Have a great weekend!
/WJ
>From: Hung-Hsien Chang <hubert@cs.nyu.edu>
>To: wj gilmore <wjgilmore@hotmail.com>
>CC: mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com
>Subject: Re: MobileLBSList: Article slamming wireless web
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:29:09 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>
>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 art |
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