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To: idler who wrote (42135)	9/21/1999 11:49:00 PM
From: Ponderosa	Respond to of 152472

To All... Smart Money Article... seen this? Dow Jones Newswires -- September 21, 1999 SmartMoney: Port-A-Portal: Keeping Track -- New Cell Phones Let You Get E-Mail And Surf The Web While You're On The Road This story appears in the October issue of SmartMoney magazine. By Amy Gunderson Want to log on to a weather Web site while you're on the beach? Or check stocks while hiking the Appalachian Trail? With a crop of snazzy new cell phones hitting the market this fall -- phones that let you send and receive e-mail and surf the Web -- that futuristic fantasy is here. The Motorola i1000plus ($199) is one such digital cell phone, which -- along with other Web-enabled phones -- comes equipped with its own Internet browser developed by Phone.com, a company that transforms Web pages you would normally view on your computer into pages that can be viewed on the screen of a cell phone. However, the i1000plus screen is tiny, with room for up to six lines of text. And not all Web sites can be accessed -- the phone comes with a list of those sites that can be viewed. Additionally, the phone doubles as a pager and a two-way radio, and when hooked up to a computer, it can act as a wireless modem. Service will be through Nextel and Southern Linc. The NeoPoint 1000 ($399) has many of the same features as the i1000plus, but with a larger screen that has room for 11 lines of characters. The NeoPoint can be synchronized with a Microsoft Outlook organizer and address book, and the phone even uses voice commands to access some features. The company has announced that service will be available from Sprint PCS. Qualcomm has introduced two Internet-capable phones. The thin Qualcomm QCP-860 ($99) is a dual-mode phone that can handle both analog and digital signals. The pdQ Smartphone ($650) is larger than average since it combines a Palm III personal digital assistant with a cell phone. The larger screen seems more practical for surfing, since it can access all Web sites, but you'll have to deal with the extra bulk-the phone is nearly 9 inches long when it is opened up for use. US West will provide service for Qualcomm. The operative word is "will." While the phones are available for purchase, the wireless providers are just beginning to roll out their data services. Sprint planned to begin offering its PCS wireless Web service in late September, and US West expects to have its data services available by the end of this year. The others? Stay tuned.