Alexis Gutzman Wireless image servers may facilitate the efficient transfer of information in a way that text simply cannot do. This could have a significant impact upon m-commerce players trying to deal with the limited screen real estate on most wireless devices. Wireless is all about immediacy and relevancy. The clich is, of course, the financial transaction so urgent, it must be done via wireless. Unfortunately, wireless devices are not optimally designed for downloading and reading text, and most of how we communicate on the Web involves text.
Text just takes up too much space for what it conveys.
On many wireless phones, the display holds fewer than 100 characters altogether, and a single word can use 12 or more letters. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, perhaps an image is a better way to communicate information in a small space. For viewing the performance of a stock or a patient's blood sugar levels graphically, a picture really can be worth a thousand words. A well-compressed image can also be transmitted to the wireless device more economically than the equivalent text. Of course, not all wireless devices are equally capable of displaying graphics, but if you have a need to display information graphically to visitors, there are three image servers you should consider.