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To: Road Walker who wrote (17774)12/29/2000 8:28:33 AM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 60323
 
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,

hi John,
i have been using a motorola timeport cell phone all year and all over the country (wherever sprint PCS was available)...it is about the size of a pack of cigarettes.

i just timed a coupla things...
it took me 22 seconds to get to my portfolios already set up on yahoo.
it took 24 seconds to get to my AOL e-mail account.

with this phone i have rapid access to:
aol instant messaging and e-mail
yahoo mail
games...lots of choices
aol travel, finance, my aol...
amazon
yahoo
msn mobile
fidelity
go.com
espn
cnn
weather
abc
sabre travel
digi city
moviefone
cdnow
waterhouse
the list goes on and on...and grows daily.

the phone plugs into my laptop for full wireless access. with the combo, i can read this thread when i am at the beach or out on the boat fishing.
unclewest