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To: pyslent who wrote (109363)	12/8/2001 12:49:57 PM
From: Cooters	Respond to of 152472

I think that remains to be seen... name one useful app that PCS has developed. All they have done with their wireless web is put together a portal of WAP sites, none of which are proprietary Geez, now I have to explain myself.<g> I'm including sites like AOL, Yahoo, MSN, etc. in my definition of creating. They are proprietary in the sense you are not entering a URL and going to those sites. Sprint defines them for you. There are a variety of games available via the Wireless Web also. Think of AOL in the early days. Just a bunch of hip content, e-mail, chat rooms, all AOL's. Look at AOL now. To many people, it is internet access. That is the path I anticipate Sprint will follow. I agree with engineer's view they need to open up to the vast world of developers. That would be following the same path as AOL. Provide the connection and selected content, then open up. Maybe the limitations of the small screen will be overcome, and the opening up will be directly to the internet. Maybe it will be Brew, which can be added quite easily when all your phones will have it(hint hint<g>). In the meantime, they are kicking everybody's butt, pre-1xrtt, pre-wireless data. Remember all the ISP's AOL buried, along with Prodigy and Compuserve. And AOL's original dial-up network sucked. Cooters Edit: I understand Brew apps will be in a sense defined by the carrier. My comparison is from the development point of view, and analogies are never exact<g>.