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To: Louis Gray who wrote (25414)	7/12/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Was buying Handspring a ploy ? is Palm also ? Heard of IBM/Psion "netBOOK" ? Good info Louis . Clever of SJ to head-fake to Handspring if he was negotiating a Palm deal with 3COM . The Prez of Palm recently resigning could be indicative she saw a dead end if either AAPL took over , OR introduced a competing product . What is puzzling is why would AAPL now opt to go outside its PowerPC base when that was part of the logic to originally can the Newton etc . Enter IBM . Did SJ/AAPL opt for the Palm after turning down the deal Psion got from AIM partner IBM to build a "netBOOK" ? Message 10374895 "netBOOK" , a rather catchy name , and Psion's "netBOOK" is limited to "CPU direct" communications . So at this stage the internet is not a factor ... come on IBM it's the only game in town . Is Handspring really a dead fish , or are they working on a PowerPC offering with Palm compatibility ? Louis , got your search engine in gear ? Thanks, Jim K.