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To: John Biddle who wrote (91)	7/28/1999 12:29:00 AM
From: lkj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 332

John, Have you used Yahoo! Email? To compose and receive an Email, you only need a browser with Java Script. All of the intelligence and static storage are on the server side. I tend to think of the future cell/PDA as an I/O device to the Internet and corporate servers. Such of a device will only need enough space to store a few applications and personal ID information. This device will be very powerful. It will be powerful enough to do DSP applications such as MPEG II encoding and voice recognition. Look at TI/Intel/MIPS/ARM, embedded processors will be very powerful. Regards, Khan

To: John Biddle who wrote (91)	7/28/1999 9:41:00 AM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 332

You just need to look at the number of people who carry pagers to see that a device that is not a PC can proliferate. Your concern seems to be the classic argument, will wireless mobile broadband try to emulate the desktop internet experience, or will it become a specialty service that people will appreciate because it's light and easy to carry in their pocket? I don't know. Certainly, there will be room for both. At the moment, I see hundreds of really cool applications developing that don't need the trappings of a full blown computer. Anyway, WAP is not exclusive to either solution. I believe for the systems to have greatest function, you will see web sites that know their users needs and offers of tailored information. Also, at 9k and how many cents a minute, most users won't jump into a full blown desktop like environment yet. Those customers will be better served by companies like Metricom. And then you have the whole issue of net centric data and application storage. Then you can jump from device to device and do your heavy work from a computer kiosk, or your office, and the light information pull work from your portable device. Lots of exciting possibilities. Regards, Mark