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To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (2496)	10/11/1999 6:19:00 AM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 34857

Moving to new mobile data solutions is tricky. Just look at how much trouble Sprint is having with launching a simple text message service for mobile subscribers. This new phase isn't going to be a cakewalk for any manufacturer or operator. I don't know anyone who expected GPRS models before next summer - if it's third or fourth quarter instead, the slippage would be similar to WAP introduction. That's disappointing - but it looks like these delays are turning into an industry norm. Tero

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (2496)	10/11/1999 9:29:00 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Thanks Mika.....I found it a little odd when the authour compared the heat produced by a cell-phone to a microwave. I guess the main point of the article (GPRS phones are about a year away) was correct though. but then I buy a phone around every 18 months at present and that may start to come down to every 12 months (as per market average) Is the market average really every 12 months? WOW..... Slacker

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (2496)	10/11/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 34857

GPRS. Comments by I. Jacobs from Q board JohnG To: bruce gilling who wrote (44049) From: John S. Stokes III Monday, Oct 11 1999 10:47AM ET Reply # of 44051 That quote from Jacobs: "both CDMA versions will show a significant advantage over GSM data methods such as General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). Jacobs said that current GPRS implementations in handsets are bad enough by wasting power to handle bursty data. But Jacobs said the transition to EDGE "goes exactly the wrong way for efficient data use -- CDMA tries to offer more bandwidth per symbol, while EDGE tries to stuff more amplitude and phase information per symbol, which will not allow the development of efficient 3G phones." John