(keitai-l) Re: Keitai trends come and go...

Well I guess now the "trend" has been mainstreamed - it's in the WSJ - =
tho slightly skewed for the US market.

Can someone do an ascii art of the technology hype cycle? This one =
seemed to skip the trough of disillusionment and go straight to =
SevenEleven...

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5. Trend: Alternative handset chargers emerging as new subsector

A new range of alternative battery chargers for handsets is popping up, =
with an increasing number of units available that do not require the use =
of an electrical outlet. These devices sell for between $20 and $100 =
(the average spare handset battery costs about $20). These devices =
operate on a variety of means, from solar power to mechanical hand pumps =
that generate power.

For more on the emergnce of alternative battery chargeers:
- see this piece today's Wall Street Journal

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>  [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Juergen Specht
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>  Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Keitai trends come and go...
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>  > I'be been trying to find one who use a FOMA phone in the streets,
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>  We don't walk the same streets, I guess. From time to time I
>  see some people with a FOMA phone. Normally they are the more
>  bragging type and have the phone hanging clear visible on Keitai
>  straps (Straps is a trend which is not that trendy anymore, but
>  maybe Curt will not agree here and sends another ASCII art).
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>  Uh, we also have FOMA phones, but mostly I use them as a high
>  tech mouse trap with video success control:
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>  http://nooper.co.jp/showcase/gallery.php?s=3D26&p=3D17&l=3Den
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>  > not one yet.  but I've seen many times that a guy sitting beside
>  > me on a train accessing non-official i-mode sites from a au/KDDI
>  > handset.
>  > DoCoMo has jammed traffic problem and au/KDDI is the solution.
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>  Not really. If you access non-official i-mode sites with a
>  non-i-mode phone, how is DoCoMo than involved? Suddenly the
>  word i-mode becomes so useless in this scenario.
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>  > do you know if there is any site they have problem?  I guess
>  > mislayout be the most often but I've found none yet.
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>  Excessive use of emojis is a problem. No money roaming solution
>  between AU and DoCoMo for official i-mode sites is a bigger=20
>  problem :)
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>  > Curt, whatever markup language the users want to access operators
>  > should provide, but I reckon better WML within the network.
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>  The typical tech-talk. Now ask anybody of the 50 million wireless
>  users on the street what markup language they want and look into
>  huge clueless brown eyes and a big questionmark in their face.
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>  Juergen
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