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To: quick_thinking who wrote (2794)	2/22/2003 8:16:44 AM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9255

Well, there has to be a functioning balance between "one-upmanship" and "just" focusing on standards. Both are needed. Basic WAP as such is/was not designed for japanese, chinese writing. I-mode and WAP will become "parts" of the "next generation WAP". Camera-phones are more a matter of improvements in "cheap" camera-modules, color displayes, massproduction as well as a way to transmit the photos. (besides the fact that one saves a display, a battery, power supply, a processor and some memory plus plastic by not having a separate phone and snap-shot-camera) The MMS-shamail relation is similar to WAP and I-mode. Ilmarinen Plus the old stuff about users in Japan not having that many internet connections, while interconnectvity PC-handset is more important for those who in general have both. Japan-China are obviously in special situations in entering the "standardization process", although one can hope the worst times of "disruptive and submarine patents" are over. Same in case of "existing infrastructure" as well as transition from monopolies.