Posted by Ben C on 10/06/07 21:55

On 2007-10-06, Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Ben C wrote:
[...]
>> As more people start to browse the web on phones (for which it has to
>> become a bit cheaper, but it will) designers will start testing their
>> sites more on phone browsers and it will all start to work better.
>>
>> There is also the argument that in Europe people like to talk to their
>> friends on their phones, not play games, watch cartoons, or browse the
>> web. But this argument now falls down as people have started using the
>> web mainly to talk to their (so-called) friends anyway.
>
> Sure, the same is true over here.

Wherever over there is... It's in Japan that some of that gimmicky stuff
on phones actually caught on.

> But web access from a cell phone is slow. But instant messaging is
> not using the web. And it has nothing to do with the internet.

I was thinking of things like FaceBook, not instant messaging. Part of
what "Web 2.0" consists of is porting good old internet things, like
email, instant messaging and discussion groups, to the web.

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