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To: DaveMG who wrote (32295)	6/14/1999 11:28:00 AM
From: Randall Knight	Respond to of 152472

PDQ Smart phone release info for Airtouch in Detroit area. I contacted Airtouch about availability of the PDQ Smart phone. Here is their response (typos are theirs): I did some research to find out when the PDQ phone would be available on the market. It should be released between October and December depending on if it passes all requirements and testing. This phone will be selling this phone in limited quantities, however; we can special order it for you. I am unaware of the exact price at this time, but I have heard it will be somewhere around a thousand dollars. Randy

To: DaveMG who wrote (32295)	6/14/1999 11:33:00 AM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

"Reliable sources" told me the Q was fixing up Nokia's software bugs. Interestingly enough, within days of learning that, Nokia came out in support of the TABD framework on harmonized 3G. Some mutual back scratching no doubt. Previously, Nokia had been a roadblock in the harmonization process. I would expect some ASIC business to show up as well for all of Q's good deeds. As for Nokia's chipset problems, I do not know.

To: DaveMG who wrote (32295)	6/14/1999 6:24:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Respond to of 152472

Dave - So the much ballyhooed problem with the chipset itself does not exist? That is putting it too strongly. The ASIC's and the software are intimately connected. I do not think anyone ever said whether it was the ASIC itself or the software or some combination that caused the Nokia CDMA phones not to work well. (and short of a Nokia engineer getting on this thread, I don't think we could know.) I personally would vote for some combination of problems. We'll have to wait and see, but I suspect that even with a software fix that they will still fall short of Qualcomm's ASIC/SW. Clark