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To: Gabriel008 who wrote (45195)	10/18/1999 2:28:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

>> There is no rule that requires handsets to be sold through traditional retail distribution channels Gabriel, consumers won't take the time to understand the difference between cdma, gsm and tdma. Trying to get them to understand the simple differences between digital and analog is a difficult proposition. They will get their handsets from the carrier they select, and those handsets will be subsidized by the carrier. The direct model that dell excels at would be useless in the handset arena. jmho, uf