RE: Mobile phone capabilities list?

We're OFF!  Count me in.  So, who will come up with the money?  Should
we ask the carriers?  How's this for a pitch.... Dear Mr. Carrier, you
are suffering needless churn as a result of poor application/WAP site
selection.  This can only be solved by the development community if you
give them the proper tools.  You must all chip in.  Your pro-rata share
of the effort is $x.00.  Failure to comply with this request will result
in a complete drop off of available content for your network.  You have
4 days.
 
Seriously, should CTIA fund the effort?  Non-profit, member supported,
deviceinfo.org.


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From: www-mobile-request@w3.org [mailto:www-mobile-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of Luca Passani
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:17 AM
To: public-ddwg@w3.org; www-mobile@w3.org
Subject: Re: Mobile phone capabilities list?


>.  I would rather see an open source, formal program for certifying the
data it provides and closing 
> any gaps between it and "commercial" solutions.  Of course, that's
just my opinion, I could be wrong.
 
this is feasible. some venture capital, 1 milion $$ to me,  1 milion $$
to Andrea, a good position for boths in the new company,
and off we go!  ;)
 
Luca
 

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: Dale Gonzalez <mailto:dale.gonzalez@air2web.com>  
	To: public-ddwg@w3.org ; www-mobile@w3.org 
	Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 3:01 PM
	Subject: RE: Mobile phone capabilities list?

	 
	Thanks Luca.
	 
	I certainly see where being able to lookup device info based on
the IMEI would be cool.  However, it seems like: a) soon there won't be
a guaranteed correlation between the IMEI and device capabilities.  What
you'll end up with is "for this IMEI with the standard shipped software
load, this is what you can expect - however, your millage may vary. ",
b)  gathering the necessary information about the IMEI info in the field
is going to be challenging - at least as challenging as getting good
device info from the manufacturers, c) IMEI isn't always (often?)
available to application writers.
	 
	In my opinion, this makes IMEI of limited utility.  I guess my
view is that given all of the challenges associated with collecting and
verifying this data and the limited number of hours/people available to
tackle the problem, we would be better served focusing our attention
somewhere else.  I love WURFL.  I would rather see an open source,
formal program for certifying the data it provides and closing any gaps
between it and "commercial" solutions.  Of course, that's just my
opinion, I could be wrong.
	 
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	From: www-mobile-request@w3.org
[mailto:www-mobile-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Luca Passani
	Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:52 AM
	To: public-ddwg@w3.org; www-mobile@w3.org
	Subject: Re: Mobile phone capabilities list?
	
	
	>Or am I missing something.
	 
	you are missing the part where we stated that IMEI would just be
an *extra* way to identify the device
	as opposed to the only way.
	 
	Luca
	 

		----- Original Message ----- 
		From: Dale Gonzalez <mailto:dale.gonzalez@air2web.com>  
		To: public-ddwg@w3.org ; www-mobile@w3.org 
		Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:34 PM
		Subject: RE: Mobile phone capabilities list?

		Seems to me that using user-agent/connect info is better
than IMEI.  IMEI is tied directly to the hardware.  As the devices
become more and more advanced, the client that the user is using - which
is the thing that must be adapted to - will be downloadable and only
have a passing association with the hardware.  Or am I missing
something.

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		From: www-mobile-request@w3.org
[mailto:www-mobile-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Luca Passani
		Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:13 AM
		To: public-ddwg@w3.org; www-mobile@w3.org
		Subject: RE: Mobile phone capabilities list?
		
		

		I was told offline that IMEI is only GSM and CDMA too.

		 

		Quite frankly, I still don't see why we should give up
on such a powerful unique key to device capabilities,  but it explains
why "purists" don't like the idea :-)

		 

		Of course, I will consider seriously the creation of the
IMEI module for WURFL in the months to come. Is there any operator
willing to put some money there?

		 

		Luca

		 

Received on Wednesday, 27 July 2005 14:21:43 UTC