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To: Jim Mullens who wrote (129404)	5/29/2003 9:25:18 AM
From: LarsA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Jim, but I didn't refer to "a laptop with CDMA capabilities" (or PDA or car) - they have only Bluetooth capabilities in my example. Only the user knows what type phone technology he/she hooks them up to. It could be GPRS or it could be CDMA , or both, in one day, to give to examples. Best Lars

To: Jim Mullens who wrote (129404)	5/29/2003 9:57:00 AM
From: rkral	Respond to of 152472

Jim, re "[Dr. Irwin Jacobs] stated a royalty would apply but not at the full price of the [edit: laptop with CDMA capabilities] as they had a maximum amount provision but did not go into the specifics. I’m guessing that It could be in the $400- $500 range ($20 to $25 royalty to Qualcomm)." Haven't lost your rose colored glasses, I see. That guess is certainly too high, IMHO. It is unreasonable to expect the royalties for a laptop with built-in modem to be significantly different than the royalties for a plug-in 'PC Card' modem, by itself. And the wholesale price of a 'PC Card' modem is considerably below $400 to $500 .. based on Sprint PCS retail prices of $180 to $300. Regards, Ron