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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (70195)	8/14/2008 6:02:53 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 74559

>>Then imagine single or two passenger units zipping around cities at high speed. No drivers of course - all done photo/electronically with QCOM SnapTrack etc. No traffic lights or congestion.<< That sounds pretty far-fetched, but folks are actually working on it... Personal rapid transit en.wikipedia.org An ULTra PRT vehicle on a test track

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (70195)	8/14/2008 7:22:59 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 74559

Did you notice the umpty$billion China 3G development planned for China? I did. Very good for QCOM for 3G necessarily passes through Q's toll gate. I really don't think it will be the TD variant for there would be serious limitations on available handsets. The Japanese experience should be sufficient to dissuade China from going on a frolic of its own. I should have saved the document in which Dr. Lee, the brains behind TD, said "of course, it is CDMA-based." I tried to find it about a year after I first saw but it had disappeared. Let's hope China does better this century than last century. Their trend is good in many respects, economic development [capitalist black and white cats with 1000s of them blooming] though worrying in others [lack of personal freedom and fascism]. Agree. A lot more attention to environmental matters would be also nice, but it is a country in a hurry and doesn't pay attention to all the details.