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Originally posted by Jonathan Knudsen:
The mobile phone is replacing the PC as the consumer's portal to the Internet.
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Originally posted by Byron Estes:
So...what I'm really thinking about are trade-offs and reasons to use a mobile internet client ("thin" and generic/multi-purpose) versus a mobile "light-heavy-weigtht" client ("thicker" and single purpose).
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Originally posted by Byron Estes:
The only thing I'd add to Lasse's list as a con for "thin mobiile clients" is a problem we've all experience with "thin workstation clients", browser compatibility.
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Did you have a specific project in mind when you strted this thread? If so, which direction are you leaning - thick or thin?
But on mobile browsers, WAP/WML for example, the incompatibility is not that big a problem (at least not yet)
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Originally posted by Michael Yuan:
I am really annoyed when people equate mobile applications to a "presentation layer in WAP". That is just wrong.
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I am really annoyed when people equate mobile applications to a "presentation layer in WAP". That is just wrong.
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Originally posted by Byron Estes:
Midlets are not going to solve the network woes.
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