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Sincere apologies for the delay in responding to this.

Thanks for leaving a comment – and your email – will make sure that you get notified when the developer community activity gets going.

Picking up on your points – accept your point about the lack of info to the wider content/developer community – the strategy of recruiting and targeting certain CPs for the initial content line-up is a deliberate one. The “ecosystem” has to get going to start with – and has to have some time to get usage going – and revenues to CPs flowing. It is part of the overall plan to “open up” in the second phase – to encourage more usage both on and off-portal – as well as user-generated stuff.

i-mode email (i-mail) is push based. You when an email arrives in the platform for your email address – it is immediately pushed to the handset if the handset is connected to the network at the time. If not – then it is sent when the handset attaches to the network. So – yes – the user doesn’t have to initiate a “poll” – although the user can do that as well at any time if the push notification is lost/expired (typically only happens if user’s SIM has not been an i-mode handset for a long time – or has been switched off for a long time – e.g. weeks.

At this point in time it is not possible to send “trigger” type messages between CP and handset (other than binary SMS) – the user has to permit applications on the phone to connect to network in order to communicate with a remote server.

Re auto-start of applications in standby mode – I believe this is possible with more recent version of DoJa – best to check out the Doja Developers Network for info on this sort of capability: http://www.doja-developer.net/

Not sure what you mean by “user data” – but if you mean agent string type data – then there is a spec for this – and the data includes stuff like handset model, type, flash capability etc. etc. This will be supplied to third-party’s in due course.

Applications cannot get at IMEI or phone number. Applications may request a unique serial number for personalisation purposes – but the user will have to specifically confirm the sending of this when it is requested by a server. If, however, you are an official CP – then the network-platform will supply a user-id to the CP application. But IMEI and MSISDN are never supplied.

Hope that helps for now.

Thanks for your reply on Tom’s site.

I agree with your comments and don’t get me wrong – I do believe i-mode could and should be very successful as a technology much more focused on delivering content exclusively for mobile users.

Having said this, a developer community, sales rep expertise and some marketing buzz would’ve not hurt

Finally, a few technical questions I’ve not been able to find answers for yet, maybe you can help

- How does i-mode email works, does the email application periodically checks the server for new messages or is it push-based, i.e. similar to sms, the server can deliver email to the user without anything initated on the phone?

- Is it possible to push information somehow to a particular user between sessions. E.g. a user registers with the content provider, content provider delivers periodic data messages (other than sms) to the handset that trigger some application?

- is it possible to automatically launch an application on phones startup in to stand-by mode?

- is it possible to automatically launch an application when an email arrives?

- what user data is available when the user accesses a third-party server (ip address, handset environment)?

- can an application access information such as handsets IMEI, user\’s phone number etc.?

Thanks

Regarding the non-stick pot – I bought it as part of a complete set. The brand is Meyer – and the range is Anolon Professional (hard anodized) – as endorsed by professional chef Raymond Blanc. You can see the pots and pans in the range that I have by clicking here: http://www.meyeruk.com/products/productrange.asp?section=1&range=4

Just click on the “Items in Range” link to see the individual pots and pans that I use – I have the whole set. They are great because they have metal handles that can be used in the oven – and also have glass lids that are also safe to use in high-heat situations. You should be able to source these in the USA – prob cheaper than UK too.

Yes – the comments are not working in my old blog – and I haven’t had the time to fix them. Alas.

Very nice job with these recipes, I live in Jersey City, NJ in the US and there is a very large Indian population here and me and my girlfriend love Indian food. We go to the local restaurants at least twice a week

But I just stumbled over your website, I was talking to a friend of mine from Brazil and he had never tried Indian food. So I did a search on Google and found your site.

He said he will try to make the Lamb Rojan Josh, This is my favorite dish, and I have it at least once a week.

Thanks so much for all the pictures, I can’t wait to start trying the recipes out.

The only thing, I do not have a non-stick pot like the one you have there with the clear top.

What manufacturer is that pot?, I need to get one.

Thanks,

Sal Cameli

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Dave: Go ahead – feel free to use the video however you choose – and pass it around if it helps! Glad to be of assistance!

The 425g tomato tin is what I used (I think) – so that much is absolutely fine. As long it tasted good for you in the end – that’s what matters! Glad you liked it! be sure to share any variations and secrets that make it taste even better!

Anita: have emailed you – and will do so again over this weekend with ideas for Paris and London!

Rajesh: Thanks!

Snappy: Good question: from a technical perspective – the markup language for i-mode is pretty much the same as WAP2: XHTML/MP – so the simple answer on this dimension is that there is not a lot that you can do with i-mode content that you cannot do with WAP2 – but the big difference is in the *implementation*: WAP implementations are typically very poor and fragmented across handsets – whereas the i-mode implementation is better, consistent – and biased towards providing a simple, fast browsing experience for the user.

Re your second point: i-mode is not a technology – it’s a *service*. As you know – we have a wireless portal service called O2 Active as well (based on WAP). Both i-mode and O2 Active services will be offered: i-mode service on i-mode handsets – and O2 Active on the non-i-mode ones. The two services are aimed quite differently: O2 Active is very much about “youth” and “entertainment” – whereas i-mode adds more “info”, “lifestyle” and “transactions” – aimed at a more broader customer segment.

Ritu: I’ve seen the Tesltra i-mode ads being aired on Oz – and yes I agree that the music is quite infectious if you keep listening to them over and over again!

Anand: Cheers! Yes – i-mode is a kind of like a next-step on from WAP – better and more usable – and more like the open Internet.

Thanks for the explanation. That clears out my confusion about i-mode. I didnt quite understand completely, until now, what exactly i-mode did. From what you say, i-mode is here to stay regardless of the technology or the speed of the service. So I-mode is essentially a giant step from WAP?