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| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Article slamming wireless web |
| Date: |
10/30/2000 08:40:04 AM |
| From: |
Sandeep Hundal |
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whoops! I meant to say "I *don't* mean to attack you personally Mr.
Gilmore".
Too late at night when i wrote that response I think... :(
/sandeep
sandeep@wde.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandeep Hundal" <sandeep@wde.org>
To: "wj gilmore" <wjgilmore@hotmail.com>: <mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 3:05 AM
Subject: Re: MobileLBSList: Article slamming wireless web
> Lol! I mean to personal attack My Gilmore, just my opinion that there are
> too many articles going around slamming WAP, with nothing new to offer in
> terms of solutions or ideas.
>
> In terms of promotion of WAP and surrounding technologies, I dont think
its
> all that surprising that it was pushed out without being the most
> revolutionary of experiences.
>
> The internet became big around 1994 - 95. Telcos realised that the net was
> basically a big network that connected up PCs. Why shouldnt the same apply
> to mobiles? And therefore WAP was conceptualised. Only problem being that
> they didn't focus enough on the consumer experience, in typical european
way
> of doing things.
>
> Anyway, so when the time has come for the technology to take off (i.e. WAP
> phones are launched), I think the networks were in a bad position. They
knew
> that WAP wasn't all that. The adverts grossly exaggerated what was
> achieveable. But if they didn't do it, advertising by competing networks
> could mean that they get first mover advantage.
> To take an example for the UK, BT cellnet fired the first shot with its
> massive 'surf the bt cellnet' campaign. Orange and One2One have been doing
> minimal advertising as well for WAP, but not on the same scale. Then
> Vodafine realised it needed a strategy fast to not lose the subscriber
base
> to bt cellnet, and launched vizzavi.co.uk - a portal which actually offers
> nothing special from anyone's perspective, apart from a brand name that
> Vodafone can give its wap strategy, and an accompanying massive ad budget.
> As competition heats up with TIW launching its dolphin network, and 121
and
> orange possibly spending more money to promote that they're not without
> their own 'revolutionary' WAP access, I think all the networks know they
are
> spending money to promote a crap technology which will be nothing great
> until GPRS takes hold, but can't do much about it because their
competitors
> are promoting the same thing, and they can't afford to lose people who try
> out wap/mobile phones for the first time.
>
> I hope all that made sense..... :)
>
> Thats what I think anyway, and that, again IMHO, is the reason for your
beef
> Mr Gilmore.
>
> /sandeep
> sandeep@wde.org
>
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