According to a Phone.com VP, most people don’t bother typing in URLs on their WAP phone, because it’s a pain, and depend on the the bookmarks their carriers provide. That gives the wireless provider (AT&T, Sprint) power to decide winners and losers in the Wireless Internet. Imagine how limited the Web would be if Netscape, AOL or IE make entering URLs difficult? It’s argued in the article that phone UI improvements will clear this bottleneck, but if the carriers have any say in technology adoption, why would they eliminate something they can generate revenue from?
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