Forum Archive Index - September 2000

[Nathan Mercer <nmercer@microsoft.com>]

John C. Dvorak of PC Magazine asked his readers to come up with ideas
for WAP phone applications that would appeal to the general public, but
came out (almost) empty-handed. He summarized his opinion with this:  

"The paucity of genuinely new ideas for WAP technology should frighten
the WAP phone makers. Will WAP become a huge joke?
The entire WAP concept seems to be an example of developing a technology
because it can be done."

(Read the full article at:
<http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/wireless/0,11928,2608391,00.html>)

Michael Caton of eWeek seconds John when he says: "Now that I've seen
some WAP-enabled phones up close, I know that WAP phones stink"
(<http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/wireless/0,11928,2613072,00.html>)

Regards
Nathan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Dutton [mailto:bendutton@sharechat.co.nz]
> Sent: Saturday, 16 September 2000 7:32 p.m.
> To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
> Subject: [sharechat] WAP - is it a flop?
> 
> 
> Interesting article from the Washington Post today about the 
> much hyped WAP
> services in Europe - and how no-one seems to be using them.
> 
> If you can pull yourself away from the excellent Olympics our 
> neighbours
> across the Tasman have put on, have a read at:
> 
> http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8390-2000Sep14.html
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Benjamin Dutton
> (Disc. don't have a WAP phone - yet :)

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