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Can we call them SLphones?

This Tech Digest story has it that TokyoZERO, in a partnership with a company calling itself Sun (though not Sun Microsystems, as that's not their logo), are apparently working on a way to get SL on your cellphone. Or perhaps not you, but the Japanese. Now, we've been on this before. Is this any different? For that matter, has anyone tried this other service, and does it work? I can't imagine shoehorning all of SL's features into a cellphone, no matter how advanced. There are some things that just need a mouse and keyboard for a fully realized experience, and SL is one of them.

Someone who reads Japanese: please look over this site and send us some answers!

Second Life on Cell Phones

Comverse Technology is the first to shoehorn the Second Life Client* onto a java enabled cell phone. While the solution requires a PC running a specialized server, this is a huge step towards a fully integrated and portable Metaverse. The cell phone based client not only provides most of the functionality of the standard client, it also allows SMS messaging, instant messaging, and even mobile video streaming into Second Life.

Interestingly, the major part of the development was done before the client was released open source. While it is obvious that having the source to the client will help Comverse optimize the experience, it is a great engineering feat that is ready launch right now.

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