Posted by Norman Peelman on 10/07/07 15:43

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Ben C wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> The U.S.
>
>>> 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.
>
> Which haven't caught on at all. No one I know accesses facebook, etc.
> from a cell phone. Neither do they do any of the rest.
>
> Those who need that access have blackberrys and wireless pda's. Some
> even have wireless cards for their laptops. But no one I know is
> accessing the web from their cell phones - at least not with any
> regularity.
>

My girlfriend uses it for getting her ebay alerts (she ebays alot!)
but we rarely if never use it for any other type of web service. The
screens are just too small (typical cellphone) to make it worthwhile.
Some are getting faster though.

Norm

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