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Technology Stocks : i3 Mobile (IIIM) -- Wireless Internet Portal -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: prophet_often who wrote (16)	4/10/2000 4:33:00 PM
From: jlivea	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 96

======================================================== WIRELESS WORLD InfoWorld.com March 30, 2000 ======================================================== Mobile computing commentary by Dan Briody -------------------------------------------------------- IN THE WIRELESS WORLD, CONTENT WILL BE KING Imagine if e-mail was the only thing to emerge from the creation of the Internet. If this thing that we know of as the World Wide Web (doesn't that sound archaic already?) had never been invented, the Internet would have turned out to be just a cool way to send notes back and forth; sort of a 21st century carrier pigeon. But the Web was invented, and it saved the Internet from becoming just another communication tool and transformed it into a dynamic information repository where people could not only find things, but could get things done. All of that is thanks to almighty "content," the generic term we in the computer industry use to refer to "stuff." It's content -- news and sports scores and stock quotes and recipes and so on -- that continues to bring millions of people to the Web. It is the same content that will drive the adoption and proliferation of wireless technologies. Don't get me wrong; communications tools are great and you can actually get some things done with them. For instance, I can order a pizza on my cell phone and have it waiting at my door when I get home. But a wireless device becomes more than a communications tool when it has access to content, and surprisingly, it's the content providers that are holding the cards when it comes to the future of wireless. Take Zagat's Survey, for example. Everyone's favorite restaurant guide book was minding its own business in the summer of 1999 when it was approached by NTT Communications, a fledgling telecom company in Japan. The company had decided that it needed a killer application if it wanted its wireless service to be adopted, and it had targeted Zagat Survey. Although Tim and Nina Zagat had eventually planned to develop a guidebook for restaurants in Tokyo, they had not yet done so. So all NTT did was pick up the tab for the research and development of the Tokyo book in exchange for the rights to serve it up wirelessly via cell phones. NTT now has more than 1 million subscribers after only eight months in business. They bet big on content, and they were right to do so. They took a cell phone, which everyone already had, and turned it into a tool that could locate nearby restaurants and make reservations in real time. And that's just for starters. Some wireless devices are already capable of trading stocks, tracking packages, and ordering books and music. Eventually, people will wonder how we ever did those things without a wireless device. But for now, we'll watch the service providers and device manufacturers scramble to ally themselves with the right content partners. Because in the end, it's the content that people really want, and the cell phone or handheld that brings it to you becomes about as interesting as a rotary phone. What types of content are you looking for on your wireless device? (Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong

To: prophet_often who wrote (16)	4/13/2000 11:29:00 AM
From: Walter Morton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 96

I didn't buy the stock, but it has behaved as I expected. I believe it is a good investment for a long-term investor and for the investor who bought and sold on the first day.

To: prophet_often who wrote (16)	6/26/2000 11:02:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 96

i3 Mobile to Provide infoUSA.com Information to Wireless Users PR Newswire Agreement Expands i3 Mobile's Platform of Location-Based Wireless Services STAMFORD, Conn., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- i3 Mobile (Nasdaq: IIIM), a leading provider of innovative wireless media solutions since 1991, from personalized, localized information to e-commerce services, today announced an agreement with InfoUSA.com, a leading provider of white- and yellow-page directory content and proprietary business information. Under the agreement, i3 Mobile will incorporate infoUSA.com's directory information into its wireless content and mobile commerce services. The infoUSA.com database of 96 million consumers and nearly 11 million businesses enables a wide range of services for users of mobile phones and other wireless devices. i3 Mobile products based on infoUSA.com content will provide the ability to look up phone numbers and addresses for businesses such as restaurants, retailers and service stations based on the user's location, white page lookups and other services that leverage i3 Mobile's location-based technologies for text messaging, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and in-vehicle telematics applications. "Partnering with infoUSA.com allows us to add access to directory information on millions of businesses and people to our suite of location-based services," said Stephen G. Maloney, president and CEO of i3 Mobile. "This agreement furthers our mission to provide wireless users with the most personalized, localized information and commerce services available today." "The combination of infoUSA.com's high-quality, location-specific data and i3 Mobile's wireless technology leadership makes for an important partnership in the emerging wireless data marketplace," commented Bill Chasse, President and CEO of infoUSA.com. "The agreement with i3 Mobile is part of our continuing effort to partner with cutting-edge businesses in the wireless arena." About i3 Mobile i3 Mobile (http://www.i3mobile.com) provides innovative wireless media solutions and e-commerce services to users of wireless communications devices, such as mobile phones, pagers and PDAs. The company's technology provides wireless users with filtered content via text messaging and microbrowsers. i3 Mobile's personalized content includes stock quotes, news, weather, traffic, personal e-mail and more. About infoUSA.com infoUSA.com (http://www.infousa.com), an online destination for sales and marketing solutions, provides customizable sales leads, business and consumer information, database marketing services and Internet marketing solutions for small businesses. The company maintains exclusive Internet distribution rights to the yellow- and white-pages directory databases of its majority shareholder, infoUSA, Inc. (Nasdaq: IUSA). Compiled by infoUSA, Inc. using multiple sources to ensure comprehensive and accurate coverage, this proprietary data includes 10.8 million businesses and 96 million individuals in the United States. The infoUSA.com data also powers the directory services of more than 1,200 Internet destinations, as well as wireless carriers, device manufacturers and content aggregators. This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these forward-looking statements by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar expressions. The accuracy of these statements may be impacted by a number of business risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including risks outlined in i3 Mobile's registration statement on Form S-1. i3 Mobile undertakes no obligation to update this forward-looking information, except as required under applicable law. Source: i3 Mobile Contact: Mike Miller of smartpr, 908-879-2942, (pager) 973-290-0247, mike@smartpr.net, for i3 Mobile; or Bill Chasse of infoUSA.com, 650-389-0700, bchasse@infousa.com Create your own ZDII Home Page. Symbol: IIIM (Nasdaq) Last Trade 6:14PM 16 5/8 Change + 3/4 % Change +4.72 % Market Cap. 357(mil) +16(mil) Full Quote Chart News Financials Estimates Broker Research Competitors Stock Talk Add to Portfolio Symbol: IUSA (Nasdaq) Last Trade 4:25PM 5 15/16 Change +0 % Change +0 % Market Cap. 298(mil) +0(mil) Full Quote Chart News Financials Estimates Broker Research Competitors Stock Talk Add to Portfolio Quotes delayed by 15 minutes or more for Nasdaq, 20 minutes otherwise. Source: S&P Comstock. zdii.com