Luned=EC, 21 apr 2003, alle 21:32 Europe/Rome, Oliver Wittchow ha =
scritto:
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>> What do you think?
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> i think you're right but not for japan.
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> at the moment content like ringtones or iappli can not be copied=20
> between
> japanese phones, to protect your content you just have to check that=20=
> the
> client actually is a phone (user agent, IP-address, etc) - a very
> convenient situation for content providers.
> with open phones programmable on system level one could easily write
> tools for copying content or workarounds for expensive services such =
as
That is very interesting...
So how is performing under this point of view the Symbian based=20
Fujitsu Phone? :
http://www.symbian.com/press-office/2002/pr021210.html
Symbian phones right now are not used by teenagers thanks to their high=20=
costs
I suppose the P2P sharing is not a big issue in Japan as PC usage and=20
broadband
has a lower penetration than EU and US.
Here in Italy artists rights management agency has imposed a tax on any=20=
media like CD-R,
DVD-R, VHS, Mini DV etc. on the base that they are used for copying=20
protected content.
Actually a DVD-R or CD-R will see an increase of price from 50% to 200%=20=
beginning
the 28th of this month.
On Monday Apple computer will introduce a new music-download service=20
integrated and their new
generation iPod (The best selling MP3 player also in Japan)
> t-mobile video-messaging for example. smartphones would be a threat =
for
> that perfectly working, closed CRM system and therefore i guess we=20
> won't
> see them soon on the japanese market. instead the java platform may be
> extended further, carefully keeping the balance between flexibilty and
> content protection. an iappli for example can write a ringtone to the
> phone memory now but of course will never be allowed to read it.
>
> on the other hand with smartphones applications can identify user and
> device by reading SIM and IMEI. that is perfect for independent=20
> software
> vendors but probably a too complicated procedure for passive, small
> content like melodies and images.
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>
> oliver
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>> This is my thinking:
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>> Consumer PDAs (Like Palm's ZIRE) will be killed by advanced one-hand
>> operated smartphones (Like the 3650 and not the P800) with modular =
OSs
>> like those based on Symbian (Also Nokia Series 60).
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>> PDAs will remain a limited niche for business users and powerusers.
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>> Reasons:
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>> 1 - Smartphones do include most if all of the features of consumer=20
>> PDAs
>> included advanced PIM, Caledars and e-mail support.
>> 2 - Carrying 2 things creates a lot of stress
>> 3 - One-hand operated devices are much better for day-to-day use and
>> for most of the applications...
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Giovanni
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Received on Wed Apr 23 10:41:06 2003