On Nov 6, 2008, at 9:15 AM, public-mw4d@w3.org wrote: > > There are essentially two aspects that are getting mixed up here. > One is > > the technical feasibility of using SMS, voice etc., while the > other is > > usabiity and practicality of the solution. So, I agree with > Stephane that > > SMS for browsing the web is probably not the way forward but would > like to > > clarify that it is the latter reason rather than technical > feasibility > > being an issue here. one can usefully think of SMS as just one of the possible request/response channels for services sitting on the Web remember that the Web is based on request/response cycles and SMS is just one way to initiate a request (or point to a request- store) and/or to receive a response (or pointer to a final response-point) > > Completely agree here though if the 'transient phase' is more than > few > > years then it might still be worthwhile to invest if the returns > can be > > justified. > agreed. but i believe this is not the case for SMS. can you say why you hold this belief? perhaps I am missing something here but I'd say the emergence of SMS-only plans in places like the PRC are indicators of SMS's longer-term utility for "average people" in the developing world jeffs -- The people who tap into the rhythm of how this audience uses media, those are the ones who are going to win. Our audience is full of multitaskers. They're IM-ing and talking on the phone and doing their homework and watching TV all at the same time. - Van Toffler, MTV Pres. - ============ Prof. Jeff Sonstein http://www.it.rit.edu/~jxs/ http://chw.rit.edu/blog/ http://www.it.rit.edu/~jxs/emailDisclaimer.htmlReceived on Thursday, 6 November 2008 14:28:05 GMT
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