Eric,
There is not one single 1xRTT data enabled handset in the Americas today.
Why?
While I do believe that your question was rhetorical, the reason why there is not one signle 1xRTT data enabled handset in the Americas is because there is little demand from consumers to have high speed wireless data for their mobile phone.
I believe that the answer is as simple as that.
Remember, it took nearly 15 years for cellular phones, in the US, to gain acceptance. The first time I ever saw a "cell phone" was on the TV show "The Fall Guy" when Lee Majors would ask the mobile operator to dial a number.
Around 1991, I saw my first user having a brick of a phone, carrying it around with him in a store. By the mid 1990s, "cellular" (or perhaps "mobile") phones started to gain acceptance since their price came down and plans decreased in cost.
Everyone has been talking about mobile data, etc. since the very late 1990s to early 2000. As long as the screens on mobile phones are small, I believe few users will migrate to mobile data.
While the "smart phone" has been out for several years, "smart phones" have never had the volume of, say, a Nokia 61xx phone. Personally, I believe mobile data will start to gain acceptance, in the US, in the 2005+ time frame.
Its really simple. The majority of users who have a cellular phone view it as......
a phone
its as simple as that. |
