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Re: I-Mode

ctr001@hotmail.com

2005-09-21, 11:48 pm

Nope. While I despise the "internet on your phone" description, i-mode
give access to all of the internet. Whether a particular page can be
displayed on your device is another question. There is plenty of free
stuff available - even on the Telstra implemenation. In fact,
worldwide, the number of free not DoCoMo affiliated sites far
outnumbers the "premium" content sites.

Also, almost all i-mode services come with some form of dat pack so
most people will never pay the exhorbitant 2.2c/kB.

Also, you costs for news headlines etc. are way wrong. I-mode browsers
are mostly limited to 10kB per page (except for 3G devices, which has a
different charging scheme), so the most you can pay for a single page
- even at 2.2c/Kb, is 22C. If you have a data pack this could be as
"low" as 4c/per page - still far more expesive than it could be but
getting better

Nick Andrew

2005-09-22, 5:48 pm

ctr001@hotmail.com writes:

>Nope. While I despise the "internet on your phone" description, i-mode
>give access to all of the internet.

Please provide some proof for your assertion, e.g. a telco webpage
which says so in plain language.

For example, the FAQ on www.i-mode.com.au (a telstra site) answers
the question "What is i-mode?" with:

"i-mode is a new mobile data service that provides access
to i-mode email, i-mode picture messaging and a wide range
of content sites"

It doesn't mention the internet. It doesn't mention all of the internet,
only "a wide range of content sites".

>Also, almost all i-mode services come with some form of dat pack so
>most people will never pay the exhorbitant 2.2c/kB.

Sure, but even the cheapest Telstra rate on the biggest plan is
0.4 c/kbyte, which is $4 per megabyte. Download a 3-minute MP3
at that rate and it will cost you $12. Download the same MP3 at
a casual rate and you'll be paying $67. Whether it's the least
or the most expensive rate, you're paying through the nose for
data.

>Also, you costs for news headlines etc. are way wrong. I-mode browsers
>are mostly limited to 10kB per page (except for 3G devices, which has a
>different charging scheme), so the most you can pay for a single page
>- even at 2.2c/Kb, is 22C.

These aren't my prices, they are Telstra's prices from:

http://www.i-mode.com.au/pricing.cfm

Nick.
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Michael

2005-09-25, 5:48 am

"Nick Andrew" <nick@spamtrap.nick-andrew.net> wrote in message
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> ctr001@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> Please provide some proof for your assertion, e.g. a telco webpage
> which says so in plain language.
>
> For example, the FAQ on www.i-mode.com.au (a telstra site) answers
> the question "What is i-mode?" with:
>
> "i-mode is a new mobile data service that provides access
> to i-mode email, i-mode picture messaging and a wide range
> of content sites"
>
> It doesn't mention the internet. It doesn't mention all of the internet,
> only "a wide range of content sites".

Thats because most of the pages on the internet cant be rendered on an imode
phone. just like wap or gprs

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