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To: renard fox who wrote (1544)	9/4/2000 8:56:03 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 6784

here is the wsj.com take on the news from japan.... September 4, 2000 Palm and NTT DoCoMo Join Forces To Launch Personal Digital Assistant A WSJ.COM News Roundup TOKYO -- Palm Inc. of the U.S. will launch a personal digital assistant in Japan next year capable of accessing the Internet through the nationwide mobile-telephone network of NTT DoCoMo Inc., a Palm official said Monday. The new wireless personal digital assistant, or PDA, will allow users to surf the Internet and handle e-mail, said a spokesman for Palm's Japanese subsidiary, Palm Computing KK. Palm will invite companies including portal-site operators and media firms to provide content, such as news and maps, tailored to the new personal digital assistant. The new terminal, which will hit shops in the first half of 2001, will be similar to the wireless Palm-VII model sold in the U.S. The price of the personal digital assistance and service charges are not yet decided, the spokesman said. Users will pay for the volume of information sent and received instead of for the time of connection. In the U.S., Palm charges a base monthly rate of at least $10. Palm's personal digital assistant will have a display screen two to three times larger than that of NTT DoCoMo's popular i-mode model for easier viewing of images and long e-mails. Over the past two years , NTT DoCoMo, the wireless arm of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Co., has focused its efforts into i-mode cell phones, which offer e-mail and instant Internet access. The phones use a network technology, known as PDC, that is used by about 90% of Japan's nearly 60 million mobile phones. More than 1.7 million people in Japan, including many industry professionals, however, use a different type of e-mail phone known as the Personal Handyphone System, or PHS, which is famous for its low price, high speed, and good voice quality. World-wide, 70% of hand-held computer owners use one of Palm's products, according to research company IDC. At the end of July, America Online Inc. and NTT DoCoMo reached an agreement to jointly develop wireless Internet services in Japan, including an investment by DoCoMo in AOL's Japan unit. The agreement is significant because it ties the world's largest fixed-line Internet company with the world's largest provider of wireless Internet services. The agreement calls for the two companies to integrate their services in Japan so that, for example, users of DoCoMo's i-mode mobile Internet service will be able to access their AOL accounts through their cell phones.

To: renard fox who wrote (1544)	9/4/2000 9:03:34 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 6784

hi RF imo, you make a very good point. the situation you've described exists in almost identical fashion in the staples store in the town that i live in. i think it would be excellent if you could endeavor to find a way to contact PALM about this. to be fair, PALM does provide a display area of sorts. and one would think that the retailer would have some interest in helping to sell the product. but if your staples is anything like ours, it is understaffed and often quite busy. let's see if we can find a venue for you to express your concerns. i called PALM when i had a concern about a competitor's ads, and also emailed them. i'll see what i can find for you. [edit: here are two email addresses for you for people who work at PALM who have corresponded with me in the recent past... Rick_Wootten@palm.com & rmartin@palm.com (rachel martin)] :) mark