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

To: P.M.Freedman who wrote (1631)	9/9/2000 2:39:25 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Respond to of 6784

P.M. thanks for the mot article. It covers some important points - especially the trend towards handfree operation. This trend is playing right into the strong point of Palm - that you should be able to read the screen while talking. I think Palm can very easily adopt the handfree model and produce a hand-free palm phone - with the next generation of powerful processors that can support multi-threaded processing. For privacy, one can use a Bluetooth headphone and mic. " The i2000 is the best iDEN phone that Motorola currently makes. The features that stand out are one-button ring/vibrate settings, two-phone line capability, light weight and pocketable size. The most important feature is the built-in speakerphone. I can’t emphasize enough how important I feel the speakerphone is. With news headlines warning of the possibility of health hazards associated with heavy use of cellular phones, Motorola and Sanyo (Sprint PCS) are the only manufacturers I can think of that make phones with built-in speakers. "On the i2000, that means that during any phone call you can press the speaker button just beneath the display and turn your cellular handset into a speakerphone. That means you can take it away from your head, put it down and hold a conversation. If I were Nextel, I’d be telling anyone who would listen. It would be featured in all my ads. And, if you’re in your car, just think about those municipalities that don’t want you holding a phone to your ear while you drive. I expect we’ll be seeing other cellular manufacturers following Motorola’s lead and coming up with similar solutions." Mang