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To: Sawtooth who wrote (285)	7/27/1999 4:55:00 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13582

Tim, << the form factor I envision is along the lines of a Nokia Communicator 9000 with a (wireless?) headset for phone and voice recognition apps >> Not at all a bad form factor. Last evening after a round of golf one of my playing partners broke out a GSM-1900 model (on Omnipoint) to check e-mail. I was a bit surprised as you generally see this model used in Europe but only infrequently here. My playing partner like me, maintains both BAM (CDMA) and Omnipoint subscriptions. Unlike me (I use Omnipoint with a Bosch Worldphone for European travel only)he carries his BAM phone to places like Dallas & Chicago where GSM is not yet built out and otherwise uses GSM because of the capabilities of the Nokia 9000. I look forward to the day when I CDMA/GSM (800 & 1900) phones are available so I can pare down to one phone, one subscription with BAM, for use here and in Europe. Tero says this is a long time coming. I think MOTO is working on this and I hope Qualcomm is as well, although they will have farther to travel. In the interim I am about to replace my Bosh Worldphone with the slim and trim ERICY I888 which I can plug into my laptop here and in Europe until the real right (CDMA) form factor appliance comes along.