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To: slacker711 who wrote (17457)	12/19/2001 7:00:07 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 34857

slacker, I've listened to them...it was definitely NOT for voice capacity. GSM has comparable voice capacity to TDMA. Well, TDMA and GSM are "relatively" similiar, therefore I'd tend to agree. However, for whatever reason, the upgrade path went from TDMA--->GPRS---->EDGE--> etc. etc. to TDMA--->GSM--->GPRS--->EDGE Honestly, I do not have the answer. That is the "alledged" upgrade path... However, the migration from TDMA to GSM assists these service providers in the end result, i.e. higher voice capacity through CDMA. I would think that there are more than 2 million people who would like to have access to their AOL e-mail. Most people dont know that they would be able to access that through PCS....plus they need to have a decent pricing scheme Hmmm, AOL is not exactly for the most "internet savvy" user. But, u did mention 2M users and AOL has 30M+; therefore perhaps 2M would want to. However, I do not believe handset technology is commerically available at reasonable prices... With regards to price, yes, if it is cheap enough people will buy it regardless. However, the "cheaper" a service becomes, providers must make it "up" on volume. A tradeoff. WAP really is comparable to the internet before the adoption of HTML. They both had users but widespread adoption needs color screens and more applications. Absolutely, I agree. Smartphones, for all intensive purposes, have failed. Until a smartphone with a large, color screen is commercially available and is "cheap" will users demand in great volumes data from their handset. By the time 4G rolls around, the market might be ready...