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To: Dan Ross who wrote (6871)	1/6/1998 11:35:00 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 152472

The true missing element is natural voice recognition. This alleviates the need for that small, difficult to use keyboard. The challenge today is to get enough processing power and fast wireless communications into a portable battery operated device to support the necessary vocabulary. I would bet, IBM and Msft have this high on their ToDo lists. Bill G recently invested $45 million in Kurzweill. Dragon, Kurzweil and IBM all have Pentium based software on or coming to the market. The battle is brewing for 98. What are the odds of Kurweil technology being included in an enhanced version of Windows 98. Maybe, the current IE squabble is just another red herring. IMO, Anita (TM) might have a thumb wheel or Sony shuttle but it will not have a qwerty keyboard. This should please our friend Mqurice.

To: Dan Ross who wrote (6871)	1/7/1998 6:39:00 AM
From: Michael Allard	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 152472

Dan: Reference the Merge of PIM's to Phones: Did you see on QCOM's Eudora Web Site there is a beta test program available for Eudora's PIM? It's a calander, datebook, address book, to do list, etc. It can synch with among other devices, the Palm Pilot (a device very similar in size to the Q phone!). I think QCOM has been thinking along the line you mentioned, and they are starting to tip their hand a little. Maybe we'll hear more at the Wireless show in Atlanta in February? Ref QWERTY and data entry into phones: I don't think any data entry method other than QWERTY will be your primary method, but they can be usefull non the less. In addition to voice recognition on phones, how about incorporating the Graphiti method that the Palm Pilot uses? It is accomplished in an area roughly 1/2 inch by 3/4 inch on the screen, and is about 70% as fast as typing once you get used to it.