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To: Mang Cheng who wrote (3294)	1/5/2001 9:14:04 PM
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"Sprint PCS COO: Wireless PDA Usage To Rise 20% In 2001" Dow Jones Newswires -- January 4, 2001 By Donna Fuscaldo NEW YORK -- Wireless personal digital assistant, or PDA, usage will increase 20% in 2001 and more than 60% by 2003, said Charles Levine, chief operating officer for Sprint Corp. PCS Group (PCS). During a joint conference call with Palm Inc. (PALM) in which the company announced an agreement to market and sell wireless products for Palm OS handhelds, Levine said that by 2005 wireless PDA's will be ubiquitous. The executive also predicted that by 2002 PDA sales will outpace computer sales. Under the terms of the deal announced earlier Thursday, both companies will offer a co-branded version of the MyPalm portal that will include Palm wireless PIM services, e-mail access and electronic commerce options. Customers will also be able to access Internet content through the Sprint PCS Wireless Web. Applications and hardware using the Sprint PCS wireless network will be introduced in 2001 and a kit that will let Palm handhelds connect to Sprint PCS Internet-ready phones is expected to be available early this year. Sprint also expects to make available during the first half of the year Palm OS-based smartphones that will integrate voice and data. Carl Yankowski, chief executive at Palm, said during the conference call that an alliance between a carrier and handheld provider has never been done before and the "real winner" will be the end users. When asked if Palm would strike up deals with international wireless carriers, Yankowski said that the company is currently in "very deep discussions" with "selected leading" wireless carriers around the world.