time magazine & gmgc
5/4/98 10:37:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time
NOTEBOOK/TECHWATCH MAY 11, 1998 VOL. 151 NO. 18
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Techwatch
By DANIEL EISENBERG, ANITA HAMILTON, MICHAEL KRANTZ, JODIE MORSE, MICHELE ORECKLIN, ALAIN L. SANDERS, JOEL STEIN, DAVID VAN BIEMA, SUSAN VEITCH
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DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE
General Magic, which was building portable electronic organizers long before the Palm Pilot made them popular, has a new trick up its sleeve. At this week's Networld+Interop show, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based firm, whose clunky gear missed the handheld revolution, will unveil a voice-activated electronic secretary, code-named Serengeti, that lets users dial in from their cell phones and ask to hear phone messages, e-mail, addresses, appointments, stock quotes and news. The service, due this summer, responds to normal speech and will be available from wireless carriers for $20 to $30 a month.
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