TODAY'S NEWS - JAPAN NEC Debuts Virtual 'Life' Game for I-Mode Users http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/103707 ...
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Punnamas Vichitkulwon...
punnamas@...
Jun 3, 2000 1:51 am
HI Ben, Thanks for the links. About services in English for iMode, personally I haven't seen any English-based services on any iMode site yet. All service...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 5, 2000 12:05 am
Nokia has an English portal: From I-Menu go WAY down to "Dictionaries/Useful Tools" and then again WAY down to the Nokia portal. r e n ... -- ascii: r e n f i...
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Adam Cohen
adamc@...
Jun 5, 2000 8:42 am
There's also h2g2, the Earth Edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The iMode service is available at http://mobile.h2g2.com/ Adam -- ...
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Randy Graham
rlg@...
Jun 5, 2000 9:57 am
I am excited to have found this group. The last time my boss was here from Japan he showed me a few images he had downloaded to his iMode phone. The display...
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John Morse
john.morse@...
Jun 5, 2000 10:03 am
thanks.. anyone know of any plans to produce said docs in other languages? call me a bit picky but should this not preclude any moves into the western markets?...
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Punnamas Vichitkulwon...
punnamas@...
Jun 5, 2000 10:03 am
Hi all, I'm forwarding you the messages that I participated in. I think some of you might be interested as well. thanks, Punnamas Unlike DoCoMo, you can find...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 5, 2000 12:07 pm
Fonts shouldn't have anything to do with it, as font data isn't sent with Japanese emails. Windows should also default to sending Japanese email shift_jis...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 5, 2000 12:09 pm
Searching for cHTML or compact HTML will reveal a reasonable chunk of English docs. r e n ... -- ascii: r e n f i e l d octal: \162 \145 \156 \146 \151 \145...
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Punnamas Vichitkulwon...
punnamas@...
Jun 5, 2000 11:26 pm
TODAY'S NEWS - JAPAN Japan's Big Hang-Up: Phone Costs http://www.latimes.com/business/20000604/t000052845.html ...
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John Morse
john.morse@...
Jun 6, 2000 10:18 am
aye but on chtml what i(and i might add, many others currently working on WAP in Europe/USA) would like are doc's which explain the actual protocols and...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 6, 2000 10:25 am
Protocols and technical specifications for what exactly? TCP/IP and HTTP/S. Radio signal is digitally encoded and DoCoMo will NOT tell you how, but you don't...
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Kyle Forster
kforster@...
Jun 7, 2000 1:57 am
Hey everyone - First, a brief intro: My name is Kyle Forster. I work for Scient, eBusiness Systems Innovator, as a developer. I have been following the news...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 7, 2000 2:15 am
... I-Mode supports phoneto (like mailto) -- phone numbers and links with phoneto are clickable in the handset browser and the click initiates a...
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Jim Lum
jimlum@...
Jun 7, 2000 4:42 am
Hi, First of all, I want to say "thanks" to Punnamas for getting this group going! I've been researching "wireless web" type technologies (and working...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 7, 2000 7:44 am
FYI. I think he means "Web" not "Internet", especially considering email goes out over the Internet. Still waiting for a response on that. r e n ... Subject:...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 7, 2000 7:46 am
... Monthly base rate of 300 yen/month + Packet costs for use + costs for pay contents access (100-300 yen/month) ... Correct. ... .3 yen /128 bytes ... ...
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John Morse
john.morse@...
Jun 7, 2000 9:26 am
... such. you need not have anything other than a http server for wap, unles you are a major, coorperation/bank and the such.. the gatweway is typically...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 7, 2000 9:29 am
Actually, I AM at a major Wall Street Bank. (^^) r e n ... -- ascii: r e n f i e l d octal: \162 \145 \156 \146 \151 \145 \154 \144 hex: \x72 \x65 \x6e \x66...
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John Morse
john.morse@...
Jun 7, 2000 10:18 am
ah (resists the urge for strange Monty python esc retort) on which case you'd probably fell a lot safer with your own getaway / serve set-up ps any chance of...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 7, 2000 11:38 am
... My lawyers tell me I am unable to comment on that. (^^) ... I work in IT where the money gets spent, not made. r e n -- ascii: r e n f i e l d octal: \162...
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Jim Lum
jimlum@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:56 pm
ren, Much obliged for the detailed response. Some comments/questions interspersed below... Jim ... I'm not quite clear (ok, here is where I'm really showing...
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Pete Saladino
psaladino@...
Jun 7, 2000 2:09 pm
Hi all, First the intro: my name is Pete Saladino...I work for Scient in New York. We're a startup eBusiness Innovator that has essentially started up and ...
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Jim Lum
jimlum@...
Jun 7, 2000 4:02 pm
Pete, Thanks for the info...see below... Jim ... the ... per Did you mean 10 packets per day (10 x 30 = 300), or 3000 packets per month (30 x 100 = 3000)? ... ...
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Paul St George
paul@...
Jun 7, 2000 4:20 pm
I am new here. Hello. Please will you tell me if there is a FAQ so that I can look there before asking the obvious questions such as: Where are the specs for...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 8, 2000 12:01 am
... http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/i/tag/index.html ... No. ... No. ... Non-compatible alternative. ... Depends. Is your goal to make a short-term profit or see...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 8, 2000 12:21 am
... Some sites (some on the official I-Menu portal only) can and do charge up to several hundred yen per month for contents. ... Charges get added directly to...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 8, 2000 12:55 am
... Typical I-Mode user's phone bill is: typical voice call charges (not sure but I think about 6500 yen) + typical I-Mode charges = about 2500 yen (300 base...
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Jim Lum
jimlum@...
Jun 8, 2000 1:23 am
ren, Again thanks. A bit more "drilling down" below, if you have the patience :)... Jim ... monthly ... I probably wasn't 100% clear in my question, so I'll...
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Renfield Kuroda
renfield.kuroda@...
Jun 8, 2000 2:15 am
... If you are going to charge for contents, it must be an official site on the gateway, in which case you'll have had countless meetings with DoCoMo about ...
