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To: David Wiggins who wrote (8984)	12/29/1999 4:37:00 PM
From: ccryder	Respond to of 29987

OT: I own both a palm and CE. The best CE I could buy at the time prints to the screen slower than the modem runs, and has a 20 minute battery life. While I think palm or hand helds are the wave of the future, they aren't here now. The "mini" web page approach of the Palm and it's service providers is a good compromise until we get some higher capacity batteries and a much smaller CE OS. This is why I think the 9600 kbps data rate to be available later this year will see some use with Palms connected via G. I'm a prospect for this type of service. Those that want high data rates gripe about the cost and weight of G phone yet they don't seem to mind paying $2K or more and lug a couple of pounds around for their laptops to use that high rate.

To: David Wiggins who wrote (8984)	12/29/1999 4:43:00 PM
From: thomas_l	Respond to of 29987

Microsoft, Globalstar super PDA !! Now you are talking real stuff. The future is wireless IP for voice and data, and to make the most of it, add PDA to the mobile phone. Just look at the following link: ericsson.se But such a device is useless unless it can connect almost anywhere. This almost anywhere means multi-mode GSM900/GSM1800/GSM1900/CDMAone 800/ CDMAone 1900, with Globalstar covering the dead spots. It is totally logical, the new chips from Motorola, Qualcomm, and others are making this possible right now! David, wasnït Motorola buying Palm recently? Do you think they will put Palm into an Iridium phone? It might be, but somehow I doubt it.. Thomas L

To: David Wiggins who wrote (8984)	2/1/2000 2:44:00 PM
From: David Wiggins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Remember this post? Now it is very close to reality! "...BTW, I was thinking about getting one of those new Palm VII's so I could get e-mail, check quotes etc., but I figured I'd wait until Microsoft and Globalstar announce their deal to make a PDA with voice and wireless connectivity based on windows CE that will connect me from anywhere, not just in those claustrophobic cells - What better way for Microsoft to make those Palm guys with their non-CE operating system look bad?" Message 12409744 Vodafone AirTouch and Casio Computers to Bring The World Wide Wireless Web to the Palm of Your Hand LONDON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Vodafone AirTouch Plc (``Vodafone AirTouch') (NYSE: VOD; LSE) and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. have today announced a world-wide agreement for the joint development of mobile multimedia palm-top computers incorporating a wide range of wireless internet content and services. Set to provide customers with a lightweight handheld device offering full colour internet access with audio and video capability, the agreement with Casio forms part of Vodafone AirTouch's global platform for mobile data and internet access. ``The Vodafone Casio handheld device will provide Vodafone AirTouch customers around the world with easy access not only to our global internet portal, but also direct access to the full range of multimedia text, graphic, video and audio content provided by our local and global partners over the web,' commented Chris Gent, Chief Executive of Vodafone AirTouch, ``Our aim is to become the world's leading mobile multimedia operator and our agreement with Casio marks another significant step towards achieving this goal.' Incorporating personal organiser facilities, a full colour touch screen and an in-built camera, as well as stereo audio and video capability, the mobile device will give customers access to a range of additional services. These will include the sending and receiving of picture or multimedia e-cards, the management of e-mail, diary and contact information, the ability to hear audio clips of match reports and the latest music releases and in the near future, even view video clips of film previews and action replays of sports highlights -- the possibilities will be endless! The size of a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), the palm-top device will provide Vodafone AirTouch customers around the world with a complete out-of-box solution for receiving complete multimedia services wherever they are. Due to be available from the autumn of this year, the first version of the palm-top device will connect to a digital mobile handset which acts as a high speed data wireless modem using GPRS GSM technology. Future versions will incorporate mobile GPRS handset technology in to the palm-top device as a one-piece, off-the-shelf handheld multimedia access solution. Providing customers with a rich variety of multimedia content and services, icons pre-installed on the handheld mobile device will enable simple click through access from the colour screen to view content and services from Vodafone AirTouch's partners via its global internet portal. In addition to offering WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) access, customers will be able to use the palm-top's colour display to access full internet content as they would from their fixed PC, since the palm-top will translate richly formatted web content to fit the quarter VGA colour screen. The palm-top computer will also support other internet standards such as Cookies and Java Script, making true mobile internet a reality. ``Our strategic alliance with Vodafone AirTouch will enable us to combine Casio's acknowledged world expertise in handheld computing and mobile data with Vodafone AirTouch's global reach to offer customers world-wide the ability to access true wireless multimedia services,' commented Kazuo Kashio, President of Casio Computer, Tokyo, Japan, ``In our partnership with Vodafone AirTouch we aim to go beyond the traditional operator/manufacturer relationship and work together to bring real benefits to customers through end-to-end multimedia solutions.' The device will support both existing and future technologies and the first jointly developed palmtop devices will support GPRS technology, connecting to GPRS GSM mobile handsets. Full 3G