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To: ynot who wrote (372)	8/28/1999 2:26:00 PM
From: Ellen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1080

Wow, you're answering faster than I go back and edit mine. <GG> the wireless platform can be given away FREE as MSFT will control the aggregation and distribution of information How so?

To: ynot who wrote (372)	8/28/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: Ellen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1080

the wireless platform can be given away FREE as MSFT will control the aggregation and distribution of information You may wish to look up PHCM's patents #5,911,485 #5,895,471 #5,809,415

To: ynot who wrote (372)	8/28/1999 5:47:00 PM
From: Ellen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1080

Forgot to address this: > 3COM fired the first salvo with their wireless PALM and their call for information distributors to 'write' to their PALM server that would then pass the information to the wireless PALMS...like a 'mapper/translator' in the ecommerce market < ???? biz.yahoo.com Excerpt: 3Com Licenses Phone.com's UP.Browser for Use in the Palm Computing Platform REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS - news) and Phone.com (Nasdaq: PHCM - news) announced today they have signed a licensing agreement that allows Palm to incorporate Phone.com's Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-compatible UP.Browser(TM) in the Palm Computing© platform. Leveraging its leadership in the handheld organizer market, Palm will license the industry-leading Palm Computing platform with integrated WAP capability to wireless handset manufacturers to develop devices that deliver superior usability, connectivity, and immediate, reliable access to information for business customers and consumers. (Photo: newscom.com ) ``This agreement enables licensees of the Palm Computing platform to develop outstanding wireless mobile phones with the small screens and keypad input for which WAP is optimized. WAP complements Palm Computing's web clipping(SM) technology, which we are deploying in the Palm VII(TM) connected organizer and which is optimized for similar devices from our licensees with larger screens and pen input,' said Rob Hayes, platform product manager for Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com company. ``We are pleased to team with Phone.Com to add their market-leading WAP technology to the Palm Computing platform. WAP has wide support as a standard to deliver Internet information to mobile phones and is an important part of the Palm Computing platform's support for manufacturers in that market.' The WAP Forum's global wireless application protocol specification leverages existing Internet standards such as XML and IP for all wireless networks. WAP Forum members include terminal and infrastructure manufacturers; operators, carriers and service providers; software houses; content providers; and companies developing services and applications for mobile devices. Phone.com founded the WAP Forum with Ericsson, Nokia, and Motorola and plays an active role on the WAP board of directors and in leading the technical evolution of the specification. ``The Palm Computing platform is well positioned to partner with leading wireless handset manufacturers and develop innovative wireless devices,' said Jeff Damir, vice president of business development for Phone.com. ``We look forward to working with Palm to enable a new breed of wireless handsets that combine WAP's powerful Internet access capabilities with Palm's proven strengths in ease of use and connectivity.' ``3Com's broad licensing approach for the Palm Computing platform will create a new generation of connected devices,' said Bob Egan, research director -- mobile and wireless for the Gartner Group. ``The mobile phone market will reach 1 billion users by 2003. 3Com's collaboration with Phone.com will drive innovation in the high-end smart phone segment.'