NTT Data tests wireless IM technology in baseball stadium.EXTRACT: NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Data Corp. conducted a test of its wireless instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or (IM) technology using mobile phones among spectators at a baseball stadium. The experiment was held during the professional game between the Yokohama BayStars The Yokohama BayStars (横浜ベイスターズ and the Yakult Swallows at Yokohama Stadium Yokohama Stadium (横浜スタジアム yokohama sutajiamu on Oct. 12. The participants were required to bring either NTT DoCoMo's 503i/504i mobile phone series or KDDI/au's "ezplus"-compatible handsets. Before entering the stadium or during the game, they were required to download, from the Yokohama BayStars' official Web site, the dedicated client software. More Info: neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf?CID Cid or Cid Campeador (sĭd, Span. thēth kämpāäthōr`) [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. =onair/asabt/news/ 211424 *** COMMENTARY: Participants could access real-time information from the dugouts, and, after predicting which player would make the first hit of the game, win prizes (including BayStars-brand products autographed by the team's players). NTT Data's Air Messenger Java client should be available as part of fully-fledged push services at stadiums, concerts, and other large-crowd venues later in 2003. Keep an eye on this one--it's a sure-fire money maker, not the least for DoCoMo (who gets the packet revenues). |
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