On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Ken Chang wrote:
> users have to check mail no matter there is one or not average
> Japanese user has about 5-10 messages per day but the majority of
> which are exchanged during one or two sessions with a friend. maybe
> you can tell me how many times an i-mode user checks mail and how many
> times mailbox is empty. how much unnecessary traffic generated?
Sure. The average user hardly ever checks mail; only when coming out of
an area where he's lost coverage (e.g., a nightclub in a basement or
similar) and he thinks someone might have sent him mail while he was
down there.
> ...WAP is still not a perfect solution
> but it's always been the best available technology.
I'm afraid I just can't swallow that one, whole or in pieces.
> please remember all these we have were developed more than 5 years
> ago, in a place where is still today the backwater of mobile
> communication, the US.
Yes. Despite their using the "best available technology."
Did you learn nothing from ISO/OSI?
cjs
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Received on Wed Jun 26 13:10:27 2002