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To: Pete Mason who wrote (1464)9/20/1999 2:07:00 PM
From: CocoBob  Respond to of 2082
 
Here Pete - don't take my word for it : click here:
ragingbull.com



To: Pete Mason who wrote (1464)9/20/1999 2:13:00 PM
From: Sawtooth  Respond to of 2082
 
<<For now, it's enough for me to simply understand that ZICA's cell-phone niche isn't cell-phone *usage* per se, it's sending e-mail over cell phones; a niche I believe to be dramatically smaller, if it's anything like it is here in the States...>>

Pete: I don't know what's at Raging Bull either but I think an important point is that Zi's system is about Chinese character input; whether in phones, internet, or other device. As phones and the other devices converge, character input will not be a niche included in a small slice of phones but in most. ...Tim



To: Pete Mason who wrote (1464)9/20/1999 2:35:00 PM
From: dch  Respond to of 2082
 
i think these phones are becoming more than just phones, they're becoming little handheld computers that connect you to the internet (read anything) and not just to people via voice... once you use it you move past being on hook and yakking, you get hooked to interaction with information connections and, if it's built into every phone, the more likely the Chinese cell phone users will be to make use of it, accelerating commerce-related communications on the go...