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| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Article slamming wireless web |
| Date: |
11/25/2000 10:42:09 PM |
| From: |
Gerhard Fasol |
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creediii@mindspring.com wrote:
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> Anyway, NTT DoCoMo with Imode is gathering new subscribers at a very high
> rate in the Japanese market.
About 50,000 new subscribers per day.
> One major reason - downloadable games you can
> play on your cell phone!
No. this is not correct. There are no downloadable games
on imode right now, but there will be soon.
> Give the public what they want and they will buy.
Yes.
> So, all technology arguing and emotion aside, it comes down to what the
> market demands - or as Bryan says - public perception. Given the demand, the
> industry will figure out how to provide it.
I only partially agree with that. Look at SONY's walkman. Nobody knew
that the
demand for walkman's existed, except maybe a wild guess by the people
who created walkman. I think it's more or less the same with imode.
DoCoMo did not know for sure that the demand for imode existed and they
consistently underestimated the demand and constantly have to revise
the projections upward. However, there are many other components for
imode's success (today over 14 million paying subscribers).
More about imode here:
http://www.eurotechnology.com/imode/faq.html
Gerhard
http://www.eurotechnology.com/
fasol@eurotechnology.com
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