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Thursday, May 11, 2006
2006 the year of WAP?
Didn't I say that about Java ME? Maybe it's the year of WAP too. At least that's what Dialogue Communications thinks for mobile content purchases.
Paul Griffiths at Dialogue mentions 'Browse and Buy' that is the name of Dialogue's server solution for mobile ecommerce, complementing SMS purchase of mobile content with access via the phone's browser.
wap.abiro.com and other WAP sites have used this approach for years for ringtones etc, so it's nothing new. What Paul mentions as the big difference now is that higher bandwidth and better ways to render high-quality content will likely make it more attractive to consumers. You could for instance stream a short snippet of a ringtone before you buy it etc.
I can't say wap.abiro.com is very flashy, as it has to support also very simple phones. There are of course ways to adapt to different phones, e.g. to use WAP 2.0 when possible etc. Parts of the mobile site is at least using HTML when appropriate.
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Paul Griffiths at Dialogue mentions 'Browse and Buy' that is the name of Dialogue's server solution for mobile ecommerce, complementing SMS purchase of mobile content with access via the phone's browser.
wap.abiro.com and other WAP sites have used this approach for years for ringtones etc, so it's nothing new. What Paul mentions as the big difference now is that higher bandwidth and better ways to render high-quality content will likely make it more attractive to consumers. You could for instance stream a short snippet of a ringtone before you buy it etc.
I can't say wap.abiro.com is very flashy, as it has to support also very simple phones. There are of course ways to adapt to different phones, e.g. to use WAP 2.0 when possible etc. Parts of the mobile site is at least using HTML when appropriate.
webitpr - online press release distribution and monitoring
