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  prash, 14 Oct 1999 @ 1:21pm

  
  

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  How is i-mode different from what Palm is trying to do with the Palm VII? Aside from the fact that the i-mode devices have are phones.

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    Mark Baker, 14 Oct 1999 @ 2:47pm

    
    

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    iMode is (Compact)HTML & HTTP, which means that much existing content can be rendered as-is. It's not TCP/IP yet, but DoCoMo has made public their intent to go that route. As the article mentions, that drastically reduces the barrier to entry for both carrier and content producer.
    
    The Palm requires client-side installation of a PQA (analogous to a style sheet). In the web model, which hopefully DoCoMo will continue to follow, that's done on the server (transcoding). Yet Another Barrier to Entry.
    
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