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To: unclewest who wrote (911)	2/20/2000 8:39:00 PM
From: Sommers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

RE: The Wireless Laptop unclewest, I use Qualcomm's fax/modem PC card (#TXPCM031-1) and simply plug in my QCP-2760 thin phone. Sounds like the 860 could be a combination of PC card/modem and thin phone. Is that right? Is the 860 superior to the 2760? I believe you will need this PC card regardless of the thin phone. You can't just plug a thin phone directly to your laptop. Eric should have the answer... (BTW, QCP just means "Qualcomm Consumer Products")

To: unclewest who wrote (911)	2/21/2000 8:25:00 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

cUnq, << can you connect the QCP 860 to the palm Vx and have complete net access? >> Yes. The Qualcomm organizer has the connecting cable built in and connectivity software supplied for 14.4 kbps data. Presumably other cables are available and the proper adapters are, or will be, available to connect to the Palm or a laptop. GSM phones have a plethora of such "connectors" either supplied by the phone manufacturer or available aftermarket. Might take a bit of shopping to plug everything together. The Vx with that new connector may be hard to fit for a short while. Unlike the VII, the Vx does not ship with a browser, but 3rd party browsers are available. Typically graphics are stripped because of the relatively slow data transmission rates. One advantage of the handheld browsers over the WAP microbrowsers in phones is that you are not limited to the few WAP sites available , but can view any HTML site. - ce -