Comments on: Gemini: Eyeing Japan’s Mobile Social Networks http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/gemini/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kelvin Ho http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71598 Kelvin Ho Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:44:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71598 <p>The reason why US is not ready for a 3D mobile social app yet is because the majority of phones in the US are not yet 3D capable. When you deploy games/applications with the mobile operators in the USA, eg. Sprint you are forced to support old phones that only support MIDP 1.</p> The reason why US is not ready for a 3D mobile social app yet is because the majority of phones in the US are not yet 3D capable. When you deploy games/applications with the mobile operators in the USA, eg. Sprint you are forced to support old phones that only support MIDP 1.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71597 Jesse Kopelman Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:56:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71597 <p>Maybe these things aren't popular in the US because no one has made much of a marketing effort? I still remember "learned" discussions in the 90s about how nobody wanted push-to-talk or SMS or even data services faster than CDPD. The US mobile social networking market is far from saturated? Isn't the market wide-open for approaches other than Myspace/Facebook on the phone?</p> Maybe these things aren’t popular in the US because no one has made much of a marketing effort? I still remember “learned” discussions in the 90s about how nobody wanted push-to-talk or SMS or even data services faster than CDPD. The US mobile social networking market is far from saturated? Isn’t the market wide-open for approaches other than Myspace/Facebook on the phone?

]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71596 Katie Fehrenbacher Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:06:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71596 <p>I meant that I don't think a 3D virtual world is likely to be adopted by a U.S. carrier as the interface for a mainstream mobile social network in the near future. Most attempts at mobile social networks in the U.S. have been mostly text or MMS-based extensions of web-based social networks. And U.S. social networks that have mobile access are using very simple basic designs.</p> <p>S! Town looks more like a video game, (kindof reminded me of the original Zelda in a way) with your avatar wandering around and interacting with a town and chatting with the inhabitants and entering stores. (I wish I had screen shots.) Maybe one day this design could become popular for mobile social networks, but for now multiplayer first person player cell phone games haven't been too popular in the U.S. What do you think?</p> I meant that I don’t think a 3D virtual world is likely to be adopted by a U.S. carrier as the interface for a mainstream mobile social network in the near future. Most attempts at mobile social networks in the U.S. have been mostly text or MMS-based extensions of web-based social networks. And U.S. social networks that have mobile access are using very simple basic designs.

S! Town looks more like a video game, (kindof reminded me of the original Zelda in a way) with your avatar wandering around and interacting with a town and chatting with the inhabitants and entering stores. (I wish I had screen shots.) Maybe one day this design could become popular for mobile social networks, but for now multiplayer first person player cell phone games haven’t been too popular in the U.S. What do you think?

]]> By: Winstonian http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71595 Winstonian Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:06:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71595 <p>That is a good question…Katie, why don't you think the US would go for 3D graphics and virtual worlds? I'm not seeing a barrier…</p> <p>Also, could someone please link to some screen shots of S! Town? I'd love to see it.</p> That is a good question…Katie, why don’t you think the US would go for 3D graphics and virtual worlds? I’m not seeing a barrier…

Also, could someone please link to some screen shots of S! Town? I’d love to see it.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71594 Jesse Kopelman Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:43:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/gemini/#comment-71594 <p>Wait, why aren't we ready for 3D graphics. Last time I checked, the part of the US I live in exists in 3D . . .</p> Wait, why aren’t we ready for 3D graphics. Last time I checked, the part of the US I live in exists in 3D . . .

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