Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 2000 computer a15 editor Shane Minkin 6977308 plans for new services aim to offer games and online services tailored to individual new technology arrives expect to dial play games on cell phones by Victor Godinez cell phone anyone its not Here but online wireless video gaming soon will be arriving on your cell while these games initially wont boast the technical sophistication of their personal computer they May persuade you to invest in that new digital cell phone youve had your Eye online wireless As Well As wireless internet Are becoming technologically thanks to the emergence of a More sophisticated Standard wireless programming language called wireless application or new a enabled devices Are just beginning to trickle into the consumer and a Mobile data services company based in is looking to Speed the process by introducing its standalone que serve wireless entertainment software platform in the second half of wireless contextual and is How James in Diu chairman and co describes the que serve wireless plat Able to work on any preexisting digital cellular que serve will offer a Range of online ser vices tailored to individual such As que ver tical for skiers and que tribe for kids and but the platform with perhaps the mos Poten tial is que serves games called quit will allow users to Access simple online games Over digital wireless major game developers such As entertainment and inf Grames have signed on to provide game Content for que although initially the games will be fairly were still in the game development phase right says John entertainments Vic president of business development and wire less but the Type of games we will initially be offering will be card things like later youll Start to see More nontraditional games like online sports fantasy leagues or trivia where users can compete for prizes Over their online phone youll be Able to download the Shell of the game to your wireless device and then you can download new questions weekly or depending on the Voorhees in your cellular phone becomes a game using your digital cellular you Down Load the game from an internet game Portal and play it on the cd the exciting thing is that you can play these games without being either at your Home or says Dave Vic president of marketing for you walk and take your computer with you and can play games wherever you but was and que Vox Are Only the first Steps toward a wireless online gaming Voorhees within the next 18 to 24 i expect that Mobile wireless technology will evolve to the Point where the Standard web program Ming language for computers will displace Wapas wireless devices acquire full Colour Dis faster processors and quicker Dat Access then youll be Able to play multiplayer Java More graphically on your wireless and what youll Start to see Are wireless devices operating like a network Termi he at some game companies will be Able to offer the exact same games to wireless online gamers As they do to traditional Home computer online for in Diu Hopes users will gravitate to que Vox As Well As its other que serve there Are hurdles to be before que serve goes As with any new is one potential Barrier to widespread demand for que but Newcomb and Voorhees agree much of the Cost can be picked up by online while most people cringe at the thought of on line advertising and some consider it in Diu and entertainment Are betting most users will recognize that online advertising is a Neces sary and perhaps even desirable facet of the on line if you turn on your phone and a Page from coca cola splashes up for a few the aver age customer is not going to object when they realize the and pays for the customers first four minutes Newcomb ads would be specifically tailored to each Newcomb for golfers would see ads for shoes and other related very Little of this will be Newcomb each service will be available to every user and can be tailored to their specific does this mean the end of the internet As we know it not for Mobile wireless devices Are still limited by their display Quality and Battery so dont trash your new pentium 700 just the demand for wireless Mobile internet Access has yet to catch what with the current slow Access speeds and limited availability of wireless internet so there is some ques Tion As to whether there actually is a Market for Indi us i dont think weve sold a single phone to any body who wanted it for internet says Clio a retail sales representative at Josephs electronics in a couple of people have asked about but mostly its for businessmen and people like then in Diu and entertainment have their sights set on a different if someone Ive got can on my cell i so what wireless users want entertainment As Newcomb says Newcomb Points out that in where cell phones Are much More prevalent than in the United by far the single mos requested gift among kids Ages 10 to 15 is a cellular according to swede based Mobile phone manufacturer 73 per cent of the population of Finland and Norway has a Mobile entertainment and in Diu Are both targeting affluent new users who see their phones and pagers As entertainment rather than business the hardcore 3d High end gamers May be disappointed in the near term by the Type of games initially Voorhees says but entertainment expects to attract mostly casual gamers interested either in the online prize games or travellers stuck in the Airport who Are looking for something to entertain themselves with for a few neither in Diu nor entertainment Are looking to topple the Home computer internet what in Diu sees is in fact a much larger Market than the traditional pc internet there Are Many More wireless phones than there Are internet so you can see that the wireless Market is much big Ger than the internet Newcomb autism is a lifelong disorder with no known cure or cause autism society part of our world not a world apart internet go escape escape site lets 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