One of the things I had been lead to believe about i-Mode was that content
providers have a reasonble shot at making money. Apparently not:
http://www.japaninc.net/newsletters/index.html?list=WW&issue=22
Perhaps I am late to the game and this was common knowledge amongst people
in the know, but this sure as heck changes my thinking about the importance
of the i-mode phenomenon and it's relevence to future mobile wireless
services in the rest of the world.
From the vertically integrated DoCoMo, to the non-exportable business
model, to the extreme devotion of Japanese to there keitai's and cute
gadgetry in general, i-mode suddenly looks like little more then a cultural
curiosity.
This thoughtful commentary on the Panasonic P209iS is relevent as well:
http://www.v-2.org/suspectdevice002.html
Cheers,
Douglass Turner
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Received on Thu Sep 6 14:24:56 2001