Re: WAP - What A Problem...

[Renfield Kuroda]

Graham Klyne wrote: > At 07:12 PM 6/30/00 +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > >Why use SMS instead of just voice? > > > >Has anyone considered the ergonomics of WAP? Even if it works perfectly, > >how many people are willing to work on a screen smaller than a credit card? Well, 10 million Japanese, and growing by 20,000 every DAY. > > >How many people are capable of touch-typing on a keyboard with only ten soft > >keys that must be pressed in various arcane combinations for almost ever > >letter? It just doesn't make intuitive sense. In Japan email and SMS traffic is outstripping voice calls. The number of SMS and/or emails (in Japan the difference between email and SMS is prtty much transparent) is growing more rapidly than cell phone penetration and voice calls. In fact, chat rooms, realtime chat, and message boards are also very popular now, too. Regards, r e n