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i-mode
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ALSO CALLED: imode, i-mode Services, and imode Services
DEFINITION: i-Mode is the packet-based service for mobile phones offered by Japan's leader in wireless technology, NTT DoCoMo. Unlike most of the key players in the wireless arena, i-Mode eschews the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and uses a simplified version of HTML, Compact Wireless
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I-MODE DEFINITION (continued):
Markup Language (CWML) instead of WAP's Wireless Markup Language ( WML). NTT DoCoMo has said that eventually it will support WAP and WML, but the company has not said exactly when this will happen. First introduced in 1999, i-Mode was the world's first smart phone for Web browsing. The i-Mode wireless data service offers color and video over many phones. Its mobile computing service enables users to do telephone banking, make airline reservations, conduct stock transactions, send
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