That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Issue #1 -- how do you get the java app onto the phone in the first place?
Issue #2 -- Java on the handset doesn't make the screen resolution any better,
or make the button easier to click
Issue #3 -- Java on the handset doesn't make the network any faster
I sure hope nobody PAID for this drivel.
"Industry expert" statements like this make my ears bleed.
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Now, Java midlets via WAP on GPRS has potential...
jeffrey funk wrote:
> What do people think? Can Java be compared to WAP?
>
> Gartner Researcher Says Java Will Displace WAP
> Wireless Application Protocol technology will be replaced by Java technology
> as higher speed mobile services become available, but for now it remains a
> viable tactical choice, said Nick Jones, research director at Gartner.
> (VNUNET.com)
> http://www.allnetdevices.com/wireless/news/2000/10/23/java_will.html
>
> Jeffrey L. Funk
> Associate Professor
> Kobe University
> Graduate School of Business
> 2-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657 Japan
> telephone and fax: 81-78-803-6913
> home phone: 81-798-74-2440
> e-mail: funk@rose.rokkodai.kobe-u.ac.jp
> mobile phone: 090-4906-3113
>
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