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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)

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Jan 12 3:59 PM EST

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To: RocketMan who wrote (56303)	12/23/1999 11:03:00 AM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (1) of 152472

The question is how far away is the foreseeable future? The future is not about Palm VIIs, but about real time video phones and browsing on portable devices with user-friendly GUIs, adapted to the way people are used to browsing the WWW. For this you need a lot more than 9.6k, you need Mbps speed. The iMSM4500 ASIC, providing HDR capability, is to become available 2Q01 according to Q's literature, and I assume one this is adopted it will become the "foreseeable future." 2 to 5 years. You definitely don't need Mbps speeds to achieve the services you mention. KYO (you may have heard of them) offer a Video 'phone that utilises 64kbps PHS. User friendly GUIS don't need high data rate (they need lots of memory). WAP and web clipping can supply all the content you want at moderate data speeds (56 .. 100kpbs) The availability of QCOMS HDR chip is irrelevent. Availability of data services depends on the service providers. With the exception of Mobiltex (and possibly AT&T), I haven't seen anyone rushing out to provide wireless data services to their customers

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