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To: brian h who wrote (2449)	10/1/1999 7:24:00 AM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

I'd never do anything as vulgar as "attack" a company... my sole concern is providing better access into international telecom trends for US investors. It's like a humanitarian instinct. Believe it or not - there are money managers out there who think that GPRS is a hot new trash metal group in heavy rotation at "MTV Superock". That Neopoint report was really interesting - there's still this question about whether smartphones are mature consumer products at this point. It took Nokia one or two internet phone generations to get it right - and there are still compatibility issues with 9110. Neopoint's decisions to leave internal vibra alert out and set the stand-by time at 40 hours seem like pretty restrictive decisions for a consumer product that's supposed to sell well in year 2000. Mobile data is a total power hog - even moderate use cheerfully slashes the "official" stand-by time by 50-70%. What do you think of the battery performance in everyday use, Carl? Tero