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To: w molloy who wrote (4054)	2/27/2000 6:27:00 PM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5195

well molly and buxious. you certainly are having fun with my so-called semantics; even while you toy with artificial misunderstanding yourselves. your information, although generally correct, does not address the issue of a fully integrated ASIC which incorporates several functionalities for the handset or handheld, be that softcore or hardcore ASIC. the more functions you can fit onto a single chip, the lower the final cost of the product. here is the ERICY release: Ericsson slows WAP manufacturing until demand increases HANOVER, Germany?Until demand for Wireless Application Protocol handsets increases, L.M. Ericsson won?t manufacture WAP handsets in volume, the company said at CeBIT 2000. Carriers have criticized manufacturers for being too slow in shipping WAP phones in volume. Ericsson President Kurt Hellstrom said at a news conference he expected the WAP market to coincide with General Packet Radio Service technology, according to international press reports. Hellstrom said current data transmission speeds are too slow for sending data to wireless phones, but that large volumes of WAP handsets would be available in the third quarter. Carriers currently are updating their Global System for Mobile communications networks with GPRS technology, which promises to provide 115 kilobits per second data capability. The world?s third-largest cell phone maker, Ericsson said its R320 WAP handset will be initially available in the first quarter and the R380 WAP phone in the second quarter. of course ERICY supports WAP; but there are several other protocols they are also reviewing. If you believe that all WAP in relationship to other functional aspects of the handset are equal, you may want to visit with Nokia. don't you agree that there are improved functional uses of WAP by either handset maker? don't you agree that the "final" version, be it WAP or another protocol, will be a significant winner? don't you agree that this "final" winner will have a headstart in producing a mutli-application ASIC? of course WAP is airlink agnostic. the issue wasn't airlink agnostic, it was ASIC integration - system on a chip with increased functionality. nor was the issue one of Amazon building their empire around Nok's functional WAP version. this is about Nokia's vision of designing a handset that is lower cost which ultimately utilizes a softcore ASIC design; specifically killing several birds with one stone. you boys come across as angry young men. chill out.