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Whither WAP?5EDITORMartin Eccles020 8652 3614CONSULTANTSIan HickmanPhilip DarringtonFrank OgdenEDITORIAL ADMINISTRATIONJackie Lowe020 8652 3614EDITORIAL [email protected] SALES EXECUTIVEPat Bunce020 8652 8339ADVERTISEMENT [email protected] PRODUCTION020 8652 8339PUBLISHERMick ElliottEDITORIAL FAX020 8652 8111CLASSIFIED FAX020 8652 8938NEWSTRADE ENQUIRIES020 7907 7777ISSN 0939-8332For afull listing ofRBI magazines:http/Avww.reedbusiness.comeffl414,„. REEDfair BUSINESSM.- INFORMATIONSUBSCRIPTION HOTUNETel (0) 1444 475662Fax (0) 1444 445447SUBSCRIPTION [email protected] (0) 1444 445566Fax (0) 1444 445447hock, horror, hold the front page. sales inthe UK of WAP-capable mobile phones —youknow, the ones that work as Internet terminalsas well —have achieved just 200 000 instead of theprojected half million.But perhaps you didn't know —or didn't evencare? That seems to be the reaction of the public atlarge, even if dealers, manufacturers and pundits arewailing and gnashing their teeth. Building societiesand mobile dealers are reduced to giving awayWAP phones as acome-on, while the prophets ofdoom and desperation portray WAP as abiggertechno-flop than the Millennium Dome —as if thatwere possible. But is WAP really aclick too far?It depends on your outlook. Undoubtedly theproduct has been oversold if the following nonsenseis typical of the sales pitch for WAP —and no, Iwon't embarrass the perpetrator!"I'm in the pub, where Iorder around of drinks,paying for them from my mobile and join myfriends."We gather round one mobile to watch highlightsof what movies are currently playing at the localcinema. We make areservation through the mobileand check out the view from our seats on line."I also order some food to be ready for me to pickup when Iarrive. Ilike the film so much that Ibuyand download the soundtrack to my mobile while Iam watching."After the movie Iam too tired to walk home so Icall ataxi. Iallow the taxi company to find mylocation and Iwatch the taxi approach on amap onmy mobile. The taxi is paid automatically when Iget out and the lights in the house come on as Iapproach."As Isettle down with aglass of wine, thesoundtrack Ibought at the cinema is transferred tomy hi-fi to end agreat night out!"Perhaps life really is like that on planet WAP —but not down here.Clues to WAP's poor performance to date are nothard to find. While many people find the ability tomake phone calls on the move convenient andreassuring, it's less clear whether they have theenthusiasm, requirement or the patience todownload stock quotes or e-mail or make travelbookings and other transactions over aconnectionthat's slow — at 9600 bit's —expensive — at 5p or10p aminute —and hardly ashowpiece of legibilityor graphic presentation.For WAP browsing online, content must beredesigned from scratch, without even the benefit ofopen standards. WAP technology is proprietary andsold under licence, controlled by agroup called theWAP Forum embracing the main companiesinvolved.The marketing of WAP has been less thanscintillating too. There's abundant evidence thatsuccessful extraction of customers' money demandscreating an awareness of need or desire; fewproducts sell themselves.Even when the merchandise itself is appealing, aprice that's pitched higher than the public isprepared to pay will restrict sales to all but 'musthave' early adopters. Pocket calculators, microwaveovens, video recorders, home computers, CDplayers —the list is endless of new technologies thattook awhile to catch on.It doesn't help that today's offerings are less thancompelling. Even the Carphone Warehouse —arguably Britain's most successful independentpurveyor of mobile communication —is forced toconcede:"There is alot of current hype in the media aboutwhat WAP is, and while the possibilities in the verynear future are exciting and limited only by theimagination, WAP is currently apredominantlytext-based view of the Internet. Improvements to thecurrent mobile networks and in screen and batterytechnology will all enhance the WAP experience,eventually delivering rich multi-media content inthe not too distant future."Full marks for honesty!To write off WAP entirely would be wrong,though —its time will eventually come when pricesfall and product specifications improve. CombiningaWAP-enabled phone with an electronic organiser,palmtop PC, portable FM radio, MP3 player and TVwould make afar more compelling proposition. Andthen, finally, amass market could be born.Mobile phones are aclassic examplar; those clumsyfeatureless 'bricks' that cost 1000 back in 1985 werescarcely arunaway success, yet fifteen years on morethan half the population now owns acellphone and asleek, highly featured and affordable one to boot.Commoditisation is the name of the game.And that's it. Sorry, what's WAP? Yes, Ishouldhave defined the term at the outset but nobody elsebothers to. It stands for Wireless ApplicationProtocol, aname that conveys precisely nothing tothe world at large.Years ago, successful marketeers knew that to sellan obscurely titled technology, you had to give it ameaningful name. Touch-Tone, Video Plus andWalkman all give aclue to their function —but notWAP. Time for are-launch with anew nameperhaps?Andrew EmmersonElectronics World is published monthly. By post, current issue 2.65,back issues (if available 3.00). 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[111111DATEUK videophone setbackThe launch of the world's first GSMmobile videophone has been delayedfor up to six months, according to theUK companies behind the project.The videophone from Orange wasmost recently scheduled for launchthis summer but is now not expectedto see the light of day until the lastquarter of this year."The launch date is set forsometime in Q4," said an Orangespokeswoman, who refused tocomment on why the project wasdelayed.According to another member ofthe entirely UK-based project team,working prototypes of thevideophone were delivered toOrange earlier this year and havealso been on display at last week'sTomorrow's World Live exhibitionin London. In May of this year the companywas still saying it would launch inthe summer when high-speed datacapability was added to the networkin the form of HSCSD (high speedcircuit switched data). HSCSD is setto roll-out at the end of July whencorporate trials are completed.A group of UK technologycompanies was chosen to work onthe design and manufacture of thevideophone last year and Spring2000 was set as the date forlaunching the innovative product.Cambridge Consultants has led theoverall technical project managementincluding both the industrial andmechanical design of the handset andcreating the user interface.ISDN videophone firm MotionMedia, Microsoft system integratorNMI and the University ofStrathclyde have been working onvarious different aspects of theproject, with manufacturer Celestica.The development work hasincluded video compression software,video specific application software,control protocols, implementation ofthe user interface and the design,development and integration of theelectronics.HSCSD achieves 57.6kbitis dataInternet on TV available this yearDigital terrestrial TV company ONdigitalwill be offering Internet on TV to itssubscribers this year.An Internet box, around the size of alargepaperback book, which connects to the digitalset-top box and atelephone line is needed toreceive the service.French company Netgem has been chosen asatechnology partner and will be providing theInternet box which uses asystem based on theLinux operating system.Pace Micro Technology, which suppliesONdigital's set-top boxes, already has anInternet TV product on the market, but anONdigital spokesman said the French supplierwas chosen because its, "technology seems towork particularly well."The Internet pages are instantly reconfiguredand the system apparently makes the pagesreadable on aTV screen from 10-15 feet away."I haven't seen anything else like it," said thespokesman. Viewers will be able to clickstraight from programmes to the Internet whilethe TV picture remains in the corner of theirscreen."ONdigital will offer the easiest and most costeffective way of getting on to the Internet," saidStuart Prebble, ONdigital's CEO. "No dish, nocable, no computer. Simply atelevision and anONdigital subscription."The box will initially connect to the telephoneline via a56k modem but will be capable ofconnection to ADSL technology later. Details ofprice and the launch date will be made availablein the next few weeks. There are plans tointegrate the Internet box inside the digitalset-top box.Pace licensed its Web technology to Alba foruse in its Internet browsing TV in March thisyear.Display technology relies on ink-jet printingSeiko-Epson and CambridgeDisplay Technology (CDT)have demonstrated afullcolour, active-matrixlight-emitting polymer (LEP)display.The display, which is aprototype, measures 64 by64mm, has 200 by 150 pixelsand 16 levels of grey scale —achieved through acombinationof time modulation and the useof sub-pixels.The display is notable, notonly for being the first of itskind, but for being the firstdisplay made using ink-jetprinting techniques. In fact,the relationship between thetwo companies was startedwhen Seiko-Epson approachedCDT realising that LEP674technology would be anewoutlet for Epson's printingexpertise.Producing the display haspushed ink-jet technology toits current limit. Printing 30µmfeatures with 301im dropletshas required special treatmentof the printable surface as wellas custom print heads.Our reporter present at thedemonstration reports that thedisplay had no problems withfast action, was acceptablybright for shaded viewing,could be viewed easily fromthe side and had goodLCD-like colours, but not aswell saturated as CRT colours."The display uses ourprevious generation ofpolymers," explained CDTtechnical director JeremyBurroughs, "We nowhave polymers that canmatch PAL televisioncolours, but they are notsuitable for ink-jetprinting yet."The companies areaiming the displaysfirmly at the mobile-phoneand PDA markets, andexpect production withintwo years. Beyond this, thecompanies are confident theyhave the technology to pushinto all other display areas,including TVs. "We can make20 or 30in, no problem," saidMr Shimoda, head of R&D atEpson, "the feasibility is veryhigh, the advantage of lightemitting polymer is high."September 2000 ELECTRONICS WORLD

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UPDATEIs electronic product gazumping back due to scarcities?Gazumping could be back in thesemiconductor market after aperiodin which shortages have —surprisingly —not translated intohigher prices.Normally, when the silicon cycleturns up, prices increase sharply.However, in the present up-cycleprices have stayed broadly flat.Asked last week why this is so,Motorola Semiconductor CEO FredTucker, replied: "I wish Icouldfigure that out".Tucker added: "Price increases canbe so detrimental to acustomerrelationship. Could you give them aprice increase and get away with it?Yes —but boy would it affect therelationship".Four bad years have made chipmanufacturers nervous aboutoffending customers. But there areanecdotal signs from the industry(not related to Motorola) that thingsmay be changing."We placed an

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