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To: engineer who wrote (6968)	1/9/1998 6:14:00 PM
From: Bruce R. Schlake	Respond to of 152472

In that current issue of upside magazine, they have Howard Anderson of the Yankee Group rank the top 150 technology companies. A perfect score is 5, which noone achieved (msft got the highest at 4.8). Qcom got a 3.4, just ahead of Mot with a 3.0. They gave qcom 5 roses for innovator, 2 for market share, 3 for overseas, 3 for alliances and 4 for growth (17\5=3.4). For their short critique they say the following and I quote:: 'Qualcomm Inc. deserves kudos for evangelizing much of the world on its vaunted CDMA technology. But it takes more than naming San Diego stadium to sell equipment as its licensees dominate infrastructure and the golden era of its monopoly position in CDMA handsets (shared with joint-venture partner Sony) ends.' FWIW NT got a 4.0, Nokia a 3.8, Ericy a 3.6 and LU a 3.4. Bruce

To: engineer who wrote (6968)	1/10/1998 6:10:00 AM
From: brian h	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Engineer, Here is a question with lots of unsolved subquestions for you. Regarding Pure Voice technology with Apple's Quick Time, is it a direct competition to "Real Audio and Real Video" products? Does this mean that combining PV and QT, the "video on demand" concept will come to live with a good CPU, an ADSL modem or a Cable modem through the internet? (You know I simplified the picture here. I am no technie.) Personaly, I listened and watched Real Audio and Real Video products. The sound effects from Real Video are not very good and (I think) limited by the modem speed. The videos are so so too. Well. I guess my question is what can we expect from combining PV and QT. Thanks. Anybody opinion is welcome. Brain H.

To: engineer who wrote (6968)	1/10/1998 4:10:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Engineer: You asked, "I must have missed the product spec on this one <<Anita(TM)>>. Where did this come from?" The Silicon Investor history of Qualcomm and CDMA: Subject 3188 which leads to the old CDMA Market Test discussion which includes the original Anita [TM] design, specifications and discussions about it. I had a look, but couldn't find the relevant posts. The very first discussion on CDMA has been ditched by SI. They have also ditched a lot of archived stuff which is annoying when I try to revisit things to refresh my memory. The Web is my memory and it's going senile. As the designer holding the worldwide patents and trademarks, here are the main features. Anita [TM] is a W-cdmaOne cellphone, notebook type computer, with: Phone calls [Globalstar/terrestrial] Calculator Email/word processing Web TV Radio Alarm Clock Minidisk player [to be upgraded to solid state memory systems] Camera Addresses, calendar, schedules and all that stuff Vegemite Dispenser GPS/Webmaps/compass Earcell [TM] is a small in the ear cellphone, stereophonic option, which would link to Anita [TM] for handsfree driving with high fidelity sound, noise filtering in factories, swimming down the Colorado, bike riding through mosquito swarms. Later models are planned to have direct neuronal interface for voice interception from voice output nerve fibres and input to visual cortex and aural receptors for completely confidential communication. The cochlea implant options will be the preliminary step for hearing impaired people. With miniaturisation, nerve/neural inputs/outputs replacing voice and typing and low power requirements with increased processing precisions, the final designs will be installed under local anaesthetic for secure operation under the jaw, behind the ear or in the armpit to detect incipient finger movements for diehard keyboard operators who explain discussions with friends on the Web to other people by making typing movements as they talk to the person they are giving the explanation to. You know, "I was talking to such and such on the Web..." and you find your fingers waggling in mid-air. You net addicts know about that. With the nerve interception input/outputs, people will need some self control so they don't walk along the street, talking apparently to themselves, or waggling their fingers. At least that way, some of us of less stable mind won't be so conspicuous! We can simply say we were on the phone and the guys in the white coats will leave us alone. Mqurice [PS: Of course, Anita [TM] will have "CURRENT PRICE IS ..." quotes available from a variety of frequency providers.]