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To: JMD who wrote (6808)	1/2/1998 4:44:00 PM
From: sag	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Sprint offers both the Q phone and attractive rates including "free" voice mail. Coverage maps are available at a Sprint store or at Radio Shack. Coverage continues to build , in my opinion it still needs to improve. If you are calling from or close to a freeway, i.e. 680,24,580, coverage and voice quality are excellent!

To: JMD who wrote (6808)	1/2/1998 8:56:00 PM
From: Reagan DuBose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Mike, in case you missed it, take a look at my previous message in this thread: exchange2000.com I bought a dual mode phone for my son (a doctor) who lives in Mountain View. He loves it, especially the voice mail with audible alarm, which mean he doesn't need a pager; the phone does it all. Sprint coverage in the Bay area is pretty good now and is reported to be growing rapidly. If Sprint PCS was truly everywhere you expect to go, you wouldn't need dual mode; however, I know of several places I plan to go (Los Angeles comes to mind) where they don't presently cover. Dual mode gets you some capability there. Can't help with the email questions. Reagan

To: JMD who wrote (6808)	1/3/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: brian h	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

JMD, I too recommend QCP 2700 (dual mode) or you have to wait until Feb 98 or later for a Q phone (dual mode). Current Q phone is a PCS mode only. You can go to the follow web site to check on Sprint PCS coverage and phone choices. You can even buy phone on line if I remember correctly. sprintspectrum.com The dual mode phone transfers from PCS to analog or vice versa by "soft handoff". You will not experience the transfer except your phone's LCD screen show a sign. Qdog or Engineer will cut in and help here. Now, to answer your email question, I have to qualify myself as an experience user but no expert. I have an eudora light version of email. Previously, I used internet mail (microsoft) and other mail from various vendors. The above type of email programs is ISP basis. So I assume that AOL is the same type. You get an email address from your ISP and get on line through your ISP. Some ISPs have national coverages and some only locally. Say, you sign up your home ISP with a local ISP and your office with, say, AOL. You will experience inconviences by remembering two user ids and two passwords. right? Or you have an AOL, you go to your relatives or friends home. They have local ISPs; then you are not able to retrieve your email from them. You have to go through AOL. Ok. with the WWW based Email program, such as Eudora's WEB email, Hotmail, Yahoo email, etc., you are able to retrive your email anywhere and anytime if you can get access to the internet. That is the trend now. Hopefully, QCOM will be on top of it. To add other functions, such as fax, voice mail, scheduling, etc, are icing on the cake. The advantage to add "Pure Voice" and "Eudora" together on this internet funtions make QCOM more competetive. But, competitions are out there. Well, it will eventually be applied toward the next generation CDMA phones. That is a logical step. The more people sign up with Eudora's WEB based emails (free) and old ISP based email program will only make QCOM stronger in the future either on the internet side or wireless side of businesses. So much for now. Happy New Year. Brian H.