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March 24, 2008
iMode - another one bites the dust ..
e-plus drops imode. I have said this many times before.
Let us not look to the east for inspiration. The Mobile Web / Mobile data industry is taking off in a big way in the West - but not as a copy of the East.
Here, we will never have the monopoly of DoCoMo or the government standardization of the Korean government.
If interconnectivity and interoperability are the key goals - then they will be achieved in Europe and America through open standards and the adoption of Web standards creating a synergy between the Web and the Mobile web.
There is simply no other way to achieve critical mass as far as I can see - and without critical mass - the industry will forever be tied to voice and SMS. Applications will never gain critical mass no matter how good they are.
Posted by ajit at March 24, 2008 9:38 AM
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