Vendit,
People used to point out that cell phones gave an instant phone system to remote parts of the globe. No need to string wires, just set up a cell and a satellite link and, say, Borneo's in business. You're proposing a similar leapfrog for AOL in Europe but most European Internet users (like U.S. users) have desktop PCs and are used to phone modems. AOL might certainly have some sort of wireless version both in Europe and here but I doubt it will turn out to be the dominant route into AOL.
BTW, I read something the other day about the Palm Pilot VII, the one coming out this year with the built-in wireless modem. Evidently, they plan the monthly connect charge to be about $10, sort of like a beeper. In addition, the article said that to access websites with the PPVII, websites used a space-conserving "reduced instruction set" version of html. I read this as limiting the amount of graphic content you could download onto the PPVII. Wouldn't that limit advertising, too? Instead of an information superhighway, sort of an information back alley?
Best,
--Steve |
