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To: mariner who wrote (13912)	1/3/2000 10:08:00 AM
From: Mike 2.0	Respond to of 54805

To all, an interesting piece on wireless and current gap between consumer desires and what can be done presently. A clear-cut tornado watch... - Wireless News The Two Faces of Wireless: Consumer Disillusionment or Marketer's Dream? A ChannelSeven.com Analysis Walk by any Radio Shack store in this post-Christmas season and there will be a poster in the window for wireless Internet services. A man holding a simple cell phone is evidently excited about the fact that he can access Yahoo!, Amazon, and other leading Web destinations through the same phone with which he calls the office. It is all true, but is this level of marketing setting high expectations? The expansion and consumer acceptance of wireless Internet applications faces some risky business in the short term. As the new year opens, a slew of new wireless devices has been removed from its wrapping and users want to play. A recent report from the Cahners In-Stat Group shows that nearly 90 percent of wireless users want email, and two-thirds of those surveyed stated that it is either "very important" or "extremely important" to view attachments in email received on a portable device. Some other key findings: - Nearly 80 percent of those surveyed are "extremely interested" or "very interested" in wireless Web browsing. - 88 percent of those interested in browsing want both text and graphic capabilities. - Nearly 70 percent of wireless users surveyed want the ability to pull content from the Web. The demand is clearly there, but will the product pacify consumers? channelseven.com