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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gdichaz who wrote (3568)	10/9/2000 10:37:04 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 197757

Chaz, << But thought you were a WAP grumbler - as of now with Verizon? >> I HATE WAP! <g> Verizon is shaping up some data services a bit with their brand new (and evolving) "Mobile Web" service. Makes navigation easier. In a recent press release they announced: "Verizon Wireless will add content and functionality to its Mobile Web service. These include location-based services, such as the delivery of coupons for a nearby retailer or restaurant directly to the customer's handset, based on specified preferences and usage trends. Mobile Web will also serve as the platform for digital two-way SMS (short messaging service), which the company plans to launch by the end of 2000." They sure need the added content. I need a better mobile terminal (better display particularly), than anything Verizon currently offers. SMS might help. "Always on" packet data could help but that is not near term for Verizon, IMO. Meantime, I use the phone as a modem for a Palm, primarily. Don't need that ~!@#$%^ WAP. - Eric -