I believe it might have been you who recently mentioned the beginning of using flash in cell phones. I find it interesting that these devices will become all in one. You were surprised that they might have MP3 music ability, but why not? The Japanese users of new data services seem very interested in playing games on their cell phones. Certainly, there will be a crossover of the PDA to a cell phone. I would be surprised in they don't have a very similar look to Palm Pilots very soon. Some of these applications such as calendars, address books and mail are functions being built into WAP services. I would think the nature of the beast would be to do bursts of down loads, just like we do now with e-mail. That would mean the phone would be a holding point for off line viewing, hence the need for flash.
Anyway, my point was that I saw where Japan will be selling cell phones that have Video features early next year. Again, this seems to be a big function in all future phones. 2-way video could be another storage requirement. Probably SRAM type application, but if you can view video, you'll eventually want to view it off-line. E-mail should be incorporating video in the new future.
Clearly, this market could swallow all the flash made and still be hungry.
Regards,
Mark
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Cell phones with color display to debut in early Dec.
Source: Kyodo News Service/Associated Press
TOKYO, Nov. 1 (Kyodo) -- Three regional J-Phone mobile phone carriers said Monday they will start selling cellular phones with color display units in early December.
The J-SH02 model, built by Sharp Corp., looks like a regular cell phone and weighs 66 grams but sports a 256-color liquid crystal display. It is priced at 44,000 yen.
J-Phone Tokyo Co., J-Phone Tokai Co. and J-Phone Kansai Co. said they will begin an Internet-based service to provide weather maps and video information in color, called the J-Sky Service.
Around 40 companies will offer content for the service, including Yamaha Corp., which will start a service to send color illustrations, harmonized melodies and written messages simultaneously via electronic mail, the J-Phone companies said.
The J-Phone units are affiliated with Japan Telecom Co., a long-distance carrier.
NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. is also expected to offer color-display phones soon.
Kyocera Corp. already offers a color-display cell phone on the Japanese market, but for the personal handy-phone system (PHS) service.
Publication date: Nov 01, 1999
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