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To: Tom Day who wrote (527)	11/6/1997 12:27:00 PM
From: AJ Berger	Respond to of 3376

E.COM a potential Ricochet competitor to IPO soon October 27, 1997, Issue: 760 Computer Reseller News Section: Hardware Price-Point Sensitivity:Between CE, tablets By Kimberly Caisse Boston -- While some companies focus on bringing handheld devices to market based on Microsoft Corp.'s latest Windows CE operating system to market, others are basing products on existing Windows environments. One such company is E.Com International, a wireless solutions provider based in Beaverton, Ore. It has started shipping a wireless handheld device based on Windows 3.1. E.Com chose this version of Microsoft operating system primarily to ensure its product, called Discovery, would fit nicely in the price point between most of the Windows CE-based devices, which are typically priced between $500 and $1,000, and pen tablets, which usually cost $3,000 to $6,000, said Barry Rahimian, E.Com's vice president of marketing and sales. Priced between $1,400 and $2,000, the Discovery device offers the ability to access files and databases, send and receive E-mail, update files and make remote connections to a network server wirelessly. E.Com said it believes it has a superior wireless device because Discovery features an integrated Data-TACmodem, which does not transmit radio waves that conflict with the circuit waves of processors or soak up battery life as quickly as PC Card wireless modems, Rahimian said. "All of those issues have been resolved in this device," he said. The Discovery operates on an AMD ELAN SC-300 embedded processor and has a built-in miniature card socket that can be configured to hold 8 Mbytes of RAM or ROM; a Nickel-Metal Hydride battery; and touch sensitive screen and flip-up antenna. The device can operate for 25 hours or more and takes two to three hours to recharge fully. In addition to Windows 3.1, Discovery supports the PenRight! operating system, which allows for pen-based computing. The device can be ordered in either a horizontal or vertical form factor, depending on the application.