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To: David who wrote (14528)	8/24/1999 3:08:00 PM
From: steve	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

David and all US healthcare provider introduces NEC biometric system Lourdes, a full service healthcare provider based in Kentucky, is introducing IDLink, a biometric system designed to positively identify patients, speed up the admissions process and eliminate duplicate records. Lourdes IDlink is based on NEC's HealthID system. Patients entering Lourdes will enrol on the fingerprint-based system, which will from then on be used to positively identify the patient and retrieve their medical records. sjbresearch.com steve

To: David who wrote (14528)	8/24/1999 3:24:00 PM
From: steve	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

David and all, The phone of things to come. IDX is not mentioned nor implied. The new Motorola StarTACTM D phone is the first integrated dual slot phone. It enables you to accept select third party Smart Cards1 in conjunction with your SIM card. It has the VibraCallTM alert feature and a graphic display. Yet it's so small and light you'll barely notice it until it rings. And, as any bird will tell you, if you travel lighter, you fly higher. Truly portable communication centre which allows you to send faxes2, data2, e-mails2, and access the Internet2 mot.com steve

To: David who wrote (14528)	8/24/1999 3:29:00 PM
From: Hockeyfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...except for Jean The kids are back to school today. Yeaah baby! Now it's time to refocus on Identix. Great South Africa find David! Only 5 business days left in August for IDX to unveil its 2nd new OEM for the month.

To: David who wrote (14528)	8/24/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: David	Respond to of 26039

Where is BioLogon 2.0? I am getting tired of waiting for this upgrade, and it looks like IDX is not going to move very much until it appears. Right now, we are seeing OK but nonetheless somewhat slower than expected CPQ sales of BioLogin 1.0 + hardware. There even have been suggestions on Yahoo that the CPQ sales channel is clogged. Why is that? Why haven't we seen any new OEMs for scanners? Maybe because BioLogon 2.0 and the DFR-300 are overhanging the market. If you were HP or IBM, wouldn't you want to introduce biometric security with the up to date equipment, rather than the line CPQ has been offering for a year? Like I said before, I am getting tired of waiting -- especially in light of the IDT history of pronouncements on this subject. Back in December 1998, it was reported that BioLogon 2.0 would come out in the first quarter of this year. Didn't happen. Then, the April 19, 1999, Computer Reseller News quoted Grant Evans as saying that BioLogon 2.0 would ship "later this month." Didn't happen, and you'd think that such a short range promise could be relied upon. However, later that month, a poster on this thread reported that an IDT spokesman (I believe it was Grant Evans again) held up a small fingerscanning device at an H&Q conference and said IDX would be selling it for $10 . . . surely, the DFR-300. See posts 13304 and 13318. I got an independent confirmation of this event from another source, as well. When someone from this thread contacted IDX IR, Chrissie Fowler denied it had happened. OK, so I guess that was an unauthorized release of new technology that was available to the select few at the H&Q conference, but not to the public. But it happened. Then on May 20, IDX released a 'press advisory' at the CTST conference that discussed BioLogon 2.0 features. And then Fowler discussed it at the last conference call, including the existence of numerous beta sites. If this new equipment is overhanging the market, we sure know who to blame. IDX. What's the point of this teasing if the company can't actually make it available? Are we gaining anything from this strategy, or does it just frustrate the stockholders and create some cynicism among the analysts? I'm not after Chrissie Fowler on this one. She's the press secretary, and has to field the calls. I want to know why Grant Evans is doing this talking when he can't back it up with action.

To: David who wrote (14528)	8/24/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: David	Respond to of 26039

Timeline on Motorola . . . We are all familiar with the press release announcing an alliance between IDX and Motorola, and the now-burgeoning PR campaign MOT has begun that has used Identix as an example of a high tech company with cool technology. On Yahoo, there's been some discussion over when -- or even, whether -- we can expect to see joint IDX/MOT products for cell phones, etc. My view is that we will see these products, even if they are not yet ready for market. The Motorola ads featuring IDX get their best payoff if this happens. However, I don't expect to see it happen right away -- certainly, not for at least several months, while the advertising campaign plays itself out. We can get another clue on timelines from this passage in the February 1999 Global Telephony: "Grant Evans, vice president of marketing sales for Identicator Technology Inc., says his company is already working with key telecom players, meaning pilot products could be available within 18 months. For example, Evans says users will flip open a cellular phone, press a thumb on a small panel, and the phone will recognize the authorized user and even know the password to the corporate network." Eighteen months from February 1999 = August 2000. Even per Mr. Evans, the pilot products are not right around the corner.