Ronan Oger wrote: >On Friday 21 April 2006 23:30, Geoffrey Swenson wrote: > > >>My current phone has a web interface, but it is so tedious to use on the >>small screen and inadequate keyboard that it is hardly worth the bother and >>certainly not worth the surcharges on my bill. >> >> > >I agree wholeheartedly with the cost component. Mobile operators appear to me >to be completely disconnected from reality when it comes to value. Sadly, the >only other alternative is wlan, and the wlan user community has been fooled >into implementing nearly-useless wep encryption which provides no real >security but effectively stops 'nice' people from accessing other peoples' >wireless hubs. > > > Ha! Phone companies are still in the mindset of soaking the masses a nickel and dime at a time. I think that is why we are seeing such a hard push to watch videos on your cell phone.
I just replaced my cell phone of 5 or 6 years with a much smarter one. The sales droid was prepared to rush through a bewildering list of features, but I made it clear that my phone requirements were two: long battery life, and ability to easily read the display. I want to make calls and not have to worry about the length of the call, and I want to see who is calling me. That's it. I don't need games, I don't need the web, I certainly don't need to view incipid videos on my phone. How about email? Uh, no thanks, I have... email on my PC for that sort of thing. Actually, one justification that I can think of for web access on a cell phone is so the user can obtain online maps. It makes sense; you're mobile, right? A map is something you might reasonably like to have. Which brings us back to SVG on our phones. We're saved! SVG is too valuable to die; and too compelling an alternative to XAML or other proprietary standards. ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
