That's probably because so much time has been squandered chasing fruitless applications. Originally, wireless data was expected to follow in the footsteps of its wireline counterpart. But in the past couple of years, the industry has wised up and discovered that users just aren't interested in replicating full text and graphic files on their handheld devices. But even if it did, users on the go don't crave those kinds of applications. Instead, they want short bits of useful data that require their immediate response or prompt some sort of action.
Location services are a good example.
After all, he notes, when a company knows where a potential customer is located, as well as what is wanted, it can target promotions to that user at that place in that time. For instance, Johnny Rockets could offer a discount on a burger to someone seeking one of its restaurants. The Go2 site has other information such as news, sports scores and recaps of TV shows. The service is available on phones, PDAs and RIM 850 pagers using a Neomar browser. From there, they perform a HotSync function that synchronizes the PQA software on the Palm with the Web site.