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Technology Stocks : PALM - The rebirth of Palm Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tie Zeng who wrote (1240)	8/15/2000 2:59:17 AM
From: lkj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6784

Tie, Dropping to the $20's may not happen for a long while. As carriers upgrade to GPRS and 1X, they will be able to offer better data service, but I doubt that they would offer a low cost 10kbps plan. Take a look at Metricom's plan. It is probably as low as it gets. Even though it is using a junk band, its price is still $30/month, which is a bleeding price for Metricom. I know that Irwan Jacobs, the CEO of Qualcomm, has been saying that carriers can offer HDR at $20/month. I think that he maybe looking at too far ahead. From an equipment cost perspective, he maybe right, but there is a lot more than equipments that the carriers spent money on. Khan

To: Tie Zeng who wrote (1240)	8/16/2000 8:30:26 AM
From: Harry J.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6784

Tie - For email only, PocketMail offers unlimited messages (sorry, no attachments although text & html are grafted onto the end of the message) and the ability to access to your regular isp mailbox (if your employer/spouse/etc. allows it) for $9.95/mo. Using PoMa's own mail service is included in the $9.95. Their modem is $99 at CompUSA (where I bought ours), and they furnish an 800 number for access from anyplace on any phone (including cellphones) @9600 baud. I figure it'll hold a place in convenience until wireless gets better. It's also easier to use than hauling my laptop to an analog line to check to see if somebody at work is trying to get me (I hate pagers and don't have one). Now that I've voluntarily shilled (since I have no connection to PM which is a private co. - although I note they sure have poached some responsible and experienced managers from other companies recently, according to their website), anybody out there have negative experiences, other than the relatively slow (but still faster than data on a cellphone) download time and 'email only' limit? Comparable services from competitors? Regards, Harry