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To: Steve 667 who wrote (17773)	12/29/2000 7:51:19 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Steve, re: "Here is a statistic that is just plain staggering! The number of people who are using the internet through wireless handsets number... but yes actually in the thousands worldwide." I met a guy in a bar who had a cell phone with wireless Internet access. It was about twice the size and weight of most cell phones. He showed me how it works, it took him about two minutes to pull up the local movies, I wouldn't want to try to do that while driving a car. I asked him how much he used it, he said almost never, he used it more to show people how it worked than anything else. This is not to say that wireless Internet won't be a significant category. I think the form and the interface have to come a long way before it's mainstream. John

To: Steve 667 who wrote (17773)	12/29/2000 9:29:53 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

"So just what is SDMC OR MMC going to be used for exactly other than to listen to very expensive music for the very rich?" SDMC is a very efficient way for users to pay for content, whether it be in the form of music, stock data, or full length movies. SDMC is also a convenient, efficient way to restrict unauthorized copying of data. For example, personal health records could be stored such that only the owner of the SDMC could access or authorize access to the data by a health service provider. These two applications are two sides of the same coin. The end result is that the user controls what will be on the card and who will be able to use the data on the card. The only possible arguments against such widespread use are: (1) People should get all the music and data they need for free, notwithstanding the reality that there is no free lunch. (2) Individual privacy rights or rights to proprietary information need not be protected. Anyone who would seriously entertain either of these notions is, well, a bit far out for me. Art

To: Steve 667 who wrote (17773)	12/29/2000 10:43:28 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

The number of people who are using the internet through wireless handsets number, not in the hundreds of millions, not in the tens of millions, not in the millions, not in the hundreds of thousands, not even in the tens of thousands, but yes actually in the thousands worldwide. Could you explain how you come up with this statistic? In the US, Sprint PCS will have over 1m users for their wireless web offerings by the end of this quarter. Japan has probably close to 25m users of either i-mode or its competitors....and Korea probably has another 10m users. This doesnt include any GSM users of WAP.... Slacker