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| Subject: | Re: Wireless Dev: Jakob Nielsen on WAP |
| Date: |
07/21/2000 09:15:14 PM |
| From: |
Hung-Hsien Chang |
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I don't think the carriers or any giant company would rather
risk the possibility of being left behind this time as they
did once a few years back in the internet arena.
So I gusss the warning is good but it is not going to be
taken too seriously by major players. WAP is not great, yes,
but what do you want for now? (Though I have my speculation
but I will keep it for now.) I believe (and sincerely hopy)
the manufacturers are well aware of the need for the size of screen
and fineness of pixels. And WAP 1.4 ( I think 1.3 is undergoing.)
will be so much different from its predecessor and so familiar
to the HTML we know about.
Palm is NOT that popular in Europe and certainly not Asia.
In Europe, EPOC is more well known. In Asia, I don't know.
(hell, I hope it is not Window CE.)
All the best,
Hubert
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Bryan Morgan wrote:
> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000709.html
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> His advice:
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> * Skip the current generation of WAP
> * Prepare to launch mobile services for the next-generation systems in 2001
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> I think it shows how new to the industry he is if he thinks the
> next-generation systems will be ready in 2001 :-)
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> Also, "WAP has miserable usability for many reasons: ridiculously small
> screens, slow bandwidth, and the need to place a new call every time the
> device needs to connect."
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> Screens, bandwidth, and placing the call are all "features" of the existing
> networks and carrier interface devices. These have nothing to do with WAP
> and everything to do with the idea of running mobile applications off of a
> phone. Give me my Palm VII any day of the week...
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> Bryan
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