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| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Meet the new boss...Same as the old boss? |
| Date: |
11/07/2000 03:26:54 PM |
| From: |
Hung-Hsien Chang |
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On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Bryan Morgan wrote:
>
> 1st question: How difficult would it be for the Phone.com's of the world to
> simply support a dummied-down subset of HTML?
Not much
> 2nd question: Why aren't they doing it?
They are in the 1996 mode. They are not idiot but just ack like one.
> 3rd question: What evil plan does Microsoft have behind all of this (if
> any) to somehow ensnare us all yet again??
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> :-)
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Well, it is not evil plan, it is THE PLAN. They are going full fledge
on this wireless stuff. In the recent e-book conference in NYC ( actually
yesterday and today) Dick Brass ( their vice president in technology)
mentioned about the tablet computing ( also in the New York Times).
It is NOT new idea but the timing is about right.
I saw the demo of stinger ( prior the Comdex) and it looks good.
In fact, a month ago. And joked them, do I have to upgrade? ( who
am I kidding... of course you have to..)
However, there is a need to look into the spec to see EXACTLY what
is the capacity and functionalities. One plan they have is certainly
tied up with all the devices to their office suit ( Wireless Knowledge
can do that though there is a bunch of other companies in the exact
same market but Wireless Knowledge is backed by Microsoft and Qualcomm.)
It will be tied to their .Net infrasturcture.
The question should be : will they be successful? Story has it that ( true
story) Bill Gates yelled at Nokia's CEO(or President) in 1996 and that is
why Microsoft didn't get to the Nokia's cellphone. BIG MISTAKE. Samsung
does have some good and economic mobile phone. For example their SCH3500
is a success. The other plan they have on the going is with NTT DoCoMo, I
think it is called Mobilemagic(or Mobile+magic and get ridd of some of the
alphabet in the middle). That plan probably won't go as wide spread as
they would have hoped since the alliance between NTT DoCoMo and AOL
is well known and obvious.
Evil plan? No, they don't have one. (yeah, right....)
Hubert
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