Talk:I-mode

There was once strong support for WAP within DoCoMo. It becomes obvious now whatever technical differences between WAP and i-mode are irrelevant to the success of wireless Internet services. Both WAP and i-mode succeeded in Japan. Wasabie 2005/07/12.

iMode and Wikipedia

is there a way to access Wikipedia via iMode? --Abdull 18:42, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

UK slant

Why does the article concentrate on the UK aspect of i-mode? e.g. listing the UK i-mode phones etc. --Oscarthecat 18:04, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Type of i-Mode by Varun Choudhary

i-mode are are of two type "japan" imode and "global" imode. Global imode means non-japan. Both imode (japan and global) are docomo "technology" but for japan there is a difference as their phones are FOMA based. so japanese phones are FOMA imode...

--- Not quite. FOMA is simply DoCoMo's marketing name for their 3G network and related handsets. DoCoMo's older CDMA based network (now called MOVA) is still very much up and running and i-mode is available on both FOMA and MOVA, although much of the more recent content is slanted towards FOMA users and their higher end handsets and higher bandwidth.

NPOV

this technologies usage is declining in the number of countries contrary to what the article states.

That would actually not be a NPOV breach but a factual error. Maybe find a source supporting your claim and then correct the article? --Fred zen 15:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the situation in other countries, but in Germany imode phones are no longer available! Eplus, the German KPN subsidiary which offered imode in Germany, announced in June 2006 to shut down the imode service until the end of the year. Unfortunately i found no english website to support this, but here is a German source: http://www.teltarif.de/arch/2006/kw23/s21907.html You can also try to find an imode phone on the (German) website of Eplus: http://www.eplus.de/ - You will find nothing... 86.56.0.159 15:17, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I, too, can't speak for other countries, but Cellcom, a cellphone company in the Land of Israel, is pushing i-mode phones heavily and customers are accepting them steadily. The main drawback, in my humble but experienced opinion, is the built-in limit on displaying information via i-mode. Sure, it's fast, but anything will be fast when you can't load more than a few kilobytes per page and the rest gets cut off. In general I'm happy with my i-mode phone and use it constantly, but there's always room for improvement. LandOfIsrael 17:06, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IMODE vs WAP

I mode is fast, but is proprietry technology so is commercial, whereas wap is open technology so can be made fast if sufficient effort is made.