RE: UKNM: WAP Numbers

[Jones, Matt]

> Actually Betamax was a technically superior solution to VHS - VHS won

> the 'war' due to product uptake by manufacturers and good marketing.

> We might find WAP does the same thing. Superior product doesn't

> always mean vast consumer uptake (witness Mac/PC, VHS/Beta,

> N64/Playstation).


sorry james, but isn't that a red herring?


there was not a significant difference between the user experience of beta +

vhs... specifically access to the actual experience, whereafter, all other

things being equal if you like, the quality of the experience to price

point/content availablity became the issue.


with wap, there is such a BARRIER TO ENTRY to the experience of the

content/services to most people (including those who might be deemed expert

users, like m'self) that the relatively low-payback in benefit of the

content/services makes it a non-starter.


Some 'vertical' applications such as gaming or road-warrior productivity

where the userpaincost/benefit equation works out okay (and IMHO, some best

of breed at: http://www.supedo.co.uk/dhtml/, http://www.nervewireless.com,

respectively) might meet with success - but the massmarket take up that

silversurfer cellnet hype aimed to generate i think just won;t happen)


but that's a conversation that's happened a 1000 times on this list already.


/matt

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