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To: Dexter Lives On who wrote (123507)	8/26/2002 12:59:35 AM
From: surfbaron	Respond to of 152472

Rob: Of course most people have a laptop or PDA that have a digital phone. I absolutely agree that 802x has a place in a business setting. My point is how many tote it with them outside of biz. How many hang out in public to surf? Who are all these people sitting around surfing? I have two kids, when am I going to hang out and surf? Hell I don't even have time to real surf anymore. Curious whats your monthly outlay on the "internet cloud"?

To: Dexter Lives On who wrote (123507)	9/3/2002 9:01:34 AM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 152472

Telecom Companies Launching New PDAs hankooki.com By Kim Deok-hyun Staff Reporter Mobile phone operators are striving to pave the way for personal digital assistants (PDAs) to become a future revenue source. Entry into the PDA market is seen as important for mobile operators now that the wireless phone service market is starting to cool off after years of brisk growth. SK Telecom (SKT) has led in the fast-moving mobile telecom market. The latest product in its line-up, called Pose, is a portable mini-computer powered by Microsoft¡¯s PocketPC 2002 with a built-in wireless phone and Internet-accessibility. The model is 12.8 centimeters long, 7.3 centimeters wide and 1.7 centimeters deep and weighs 200 grams with standard battery. SKT plans to introduce a Palm-powered PDA phone soon and a Linux-powered handheld computer this month. With the anticipated release of three new models, the company aims to sell 130,000 units this year. SKT also announced on Saturday it would devote 468.4 billion won to beef up its wireless and mobile Internet services for its customers in a public notice on the Korea Stock Exchange. KTF, a rival of SKT, also plans to launch a new line-up of PDAs based on CDMA2000 1X network, by the end of October. The nation¡¯s second largest mobile carrier sold some 25,000 units last year, but the company forecasts a quadrupling of sales this year. Its PDAs will be embedded with its own operating system for multimedia wireless Internet services, with special handheld terminals for accessing stock information and playing games online while on the move. In the face of an increasing convergence between data and voice communications, also known as voice over Internet protocol technology, fixed-line telecom companies such as KT and Hanaro Telecom are focusing on maintaining compatibility with their landline telephone and broadband Internet services to suit the future of wireless gadgets. KT is scheduled to unveil a slew of new applications to attract trend-conscious PDA consumers to its wireless Internet service Nespot. Hanaro Telecom, the nation¡¯s No. 2 broadband Internet operator, will also introduce a wireless Internet telephony service named ``Anyway VoIP,¡¯¡¯ for PDA users. According to the International Data Cooporation¡¯s Korean unit, some 200,000 PDAs were sold last year, up 53 percent from 2000. The technology research house predicts the local PDA market will expand to 280,000 units this year and half a million units by 2003. The PDA market is expected continue a robust growth due to increased investment in production facilities, the sale of PDAs designed for wireless Internet use and reductions in wireless Internet user fees. kdh@koreatimes.co.kr