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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (4211)	5/25/2000 11:49:00 AM
From: Wolff	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6847

The people at Boeing have been a test bed for wearables for years, they we received the DARPA contracts if your remember, the guy at Boeing is an expert. He has also noticed that consumers have voted, on the next technology by purchasing Palms. The post below talks about the shortage of Palms right now, they are on back order. The best technology does not always win, for consumers the Palm does what it needs to do. It satisfies all the killer apps. Ease of use being one very key factor. The palm is indeed a full computer, it can run applications and load programs, as the OS evolves I expect it to continue to serve the needs. You have 50,000 application programmers working on the Palm OS right now. The is no compelling need to move towards a $4000-8000 setup, for something that a 150-425 device can do now. Not sure what else you want to know. PS those questions you said you were going to address concerning XYBR remain. --------- Tuesday May 23 05:31 PM EDT Shortage: Palms are hard to come by By John G. Spooner, ZDNet News A shortage of display and memory components is frustrating buyers looking to purchase Palm devices. Where have all the Palms gone? Many consumers hoping to buy a new Palm PDA are finding retailer's shelves bare and online shopping carts empty. The Palm shortage, the company says, results from a combination of high seasonal demand and a shortage of LCD panels and flash memory, two critical components used to construct the devices. (The same shortages, as reported by ZDNet, are also affecting cellular phone handset vendors.) ZDNet News found that Palm's Palm III and Palm V line of organizers are on back order or out of stock at Palm Inc.'s own Web store as well as other online resellers, such as Egghead.com. Brick and mortar retailers face similar problems. These backlogs are estimated at "several weeks per product line," said Palm spokeswoman Marlene Somsak. Somsak called the shortage of devices a "pleasant problem," explaining the company prefers it to an overabundance of devices and no customers. Dads and grads "Everybody's having component problems. It's 'Dads and Grads' season right now ... and the devices are in high demand," she said. "Production has not slowed at all. Demands is out of balance (with supply) right now." The tightness of supply of components is expected to continue for a few months, with some relief from the shortages expected in the company's June quarter, Somsak said. As a result of the parts shortages, Palm has begun buying certain components in bulk, qualifying additional component suppliers and has also purchased some flash memory on the spot market, she said. Palm partner Handspring Inc., at least for now, seems to be unaffected. The company's Web store on Tuesday listed all of its models as being in stock and available to ship within three to seven days.