Give WAP a Chance

Give WAP a Chance

23y Nick Mayhew and Mark Smith

Give WAP a Chance

WAP hasn't really lived up to everyone in the industry's expectations. However, there are some types of WAP services and sites that are genuinely usef...

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WAP: It's Just Not There Yet

WAP: It's Just Not There Yet

23y Michael Pastore

WAP: It's Just Not There Yet

A field study of WAP users in the UK by the Nielsen Norman Group found that wireless Internet access has a long way to go before the general public co...

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Mobile Commerce Frustrating Many Early Users

Mobile Commerce Frustrating Many Early Users

23y Michael Pastore

Mobile Commerce Frustrating Many Early Users

The perceptions wireless users have of mobile technology differ around the world, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group, which also fou...

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Wireless Portals, ASPs Face Tough Road Ahead

Wireless Portals, ASPs Face Tough Road Ahead

23y Michael Pastore

Wireless Portals, ASPs Face Tough Road Ahead

Mobile portals and wireless ASPs will find it difficult to dominate the mobile Internet services market in the same way that their fixed-line brethren...

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Wireless Advertising Gets Support from Consumers

Wireless Advertising Gets Support from Consumers

23y Michael Pastore

Wireless Advertising Gets Support from Consumers

Wireless phones may indeed join newspapers, radio, and television as a sponsored delivery medium for information, shopping, and entertainment services...

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Wireless Users Lean Toward Voice-Centric Devices

Wireless Users Lean Toward Voice-Centric Devices

23y Michael Pastore

Wireless Users Lean Toward Voice-Centric Devices

As Internet users develop a taste for wireless access devices, voice-centric appliances, such as Web-enabled phones, appear to be taking the early lea...

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Variety of Uses Propels SMS Messaging

Variety of Uses Propels SMS Messaging

23y Michael Pastore

Variety of Uses Propels SMS Messaging

The utility of short messaging service (SMS) text messages has fuelled explosive growth at rates higher than Internet usage, and there's no end in sig...

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American Wireless Efforts Playing Catch Up

American Wireless Efforts Playing Catch Up

23y Michael Pastore

American Wireless Efforts Playing Catch Up

European and American companies still trail Japan in terms of wireless commerce, according to Jupiter Research, and if they can ever catch up is still...

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M-Commerce Gives Way to M-Games

M-Commerce Gives Way to M-Games

23y Michael Pastore

M-Commerce Gives Way to M-Games

Forrester Research found that while mobile devices will become a driver of e-commerce in Europe, they aren't likely to be used to conduct transactions...

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Web-Ready Cell Phones Flying Off Shelves

Web-Ready Cell Phones Flying Off Shelves

23y Michael Pastore

Web-Ready Cell Phones Flying Off Shelves

There may not be too many mobile Internet users in the US, but people seem to be gearing up for wireless access. The NPD Group has found an increase i...

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PDA Sales Predict Coming of Wireless Web

PDA Sales Predict Coming of Wireless Web

23y Michael Pastore

PDA Sales Predict Coming of Wireless Web

PDAs, once the hottest toys among the high-tech crowd, are going mainstream, which means sales are increasing. According to The NPD Group, PDA sales i...

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Web Marketing Tactics Won't Work in Wireless Arena

Web Marketing Tactics Won't Work in Wireless Arena

23y Michael Pastore

Web Marketing Tactics Won't Work in Wireless Arena

The number of Web-enabled cellular handsets is expected to reach a 95 million in 2004, but marketers must resist imposing their Web strategy to reach ...

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Consumers Showing Interest in Alternative Access Devices

Consumers Showing Interest in Alternative Access Devices

23y Michael Pastore

Consumers Showing Interest in Alternative Access D...

For years, PCs and Internet access have been nearly synonymous in the eyes of consumers. Now, a pair of surveys look at how consumers feel about getti...

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Wireless Portal Users Growing in Number

Wireless Portal Users Growing in Number

23y Michael Pastore

Wireless Portal Users Growing in Number

The number of wireless portal users will grow to nearly 25 million in the next five years, according to estimates in a report by The Strategis Group. ...

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Wireless Portal Revenue: $42 Billion by 2005

Wireless Portal Revenue: $42 Billion by 2005

23y Michael Pastore

Wireless Portal Revenue: $42 Billion by 2005

Global revenues for wireless portals will grow from $747 million in 2000 to $42 billion in 2005, according to research by Ovum, which found that reven...

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Poor Coverage May Hold Back Wireless

Poor Coverage May Hold Back Wireless

23y Michael Pastore

Poor Coverage May Hold Back Wireless

Unreliable connections may be a big barrier to wireless Internet access really taking off, according to the Yankee Group, but Forrester says consumers...

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US Internet Users Going Wireless

US Internet Users Going Wireless

23y Michael Pastore

US Internet Users Going Wireless

The number of individuals using cell phones for wireless data applications among the US Internet population is set to increase from the current 3 perc...

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Sales of Digital Devices Pass $7 Billion

Sales of Digital Devices Pass $7 Billion

24y Michael Pastore

Sales of Digital Devices Pass $7 Billion

Sales of personal digital devices, PDAs, MP3 players, and smartphones, passed $7 billion in 1999, according to Strategy Analytics, while PC Data found...

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Internet Appliance Market Worth $5.6 Billion by 2005

Internet Appliance Market Worth $5.6 Billion by 2005

24y Michael Pastore

Internet Appliance Market Worth $5.6 Billion by 20...

Internet appliances will reach 69 percent of homes, and coexist with PCs, notreplace them, according to a study by Strategy Analytics. Read More...

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Wireless to be Led by Same Old Apps

Wireless to be Led by Same Old Apps

24y Michael Pastore

Wireless to be Led by Same Old Apps

A study by Cahners In-Stat Group found that wireless Internet access will be led by the same applications that led wireline access, most notably e-mai...

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Internet Appliances: The Next Big Thing

Internet Appliances: The Next Big Thing

24y Michael Pastore

Internet Appliances: The Next Big Thing

The development and adoption of Internet appliances will explode during the next 12 months, according to the report "Internet Appliances and Universal...

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