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To: Greg B. who wrote (9763)	4/9/1998 3:45:00 PM
From: brian h	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Greg and all, Sprint PCS news. It looked like Sony/Qualcomm do not want to see Samsung took all the low end CDMA phones market. Q phone is a PCS CDMA band only. Airtouch can only offer analog/digital analog CDMA phone such as QCOM's Q-820 phones. It starts to promote Q-820 phone in my area (Northern California) real heavily now. I can see huge commericial sign out of highway read "Powerband". News: Sprint PCS Announces Availability of New CDMA Wireless Phone Feature-Rich Digital Handset Offers Extended Talk-Time KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint PCS today announced the latest addition to its extensive line of digital phones, the Sony CM-S1101SPR, manufactured by QPE (Qualcomm Personal Electronics). The phone has a suggested retail price of $149 and is packaged with a standard Lithium Ion battery and AC transformer charger. The Sony CM-S1101SPR single-band phone is available at Sprint PCS stores, RadioShack stores and other retailers in the Sprint PCS nationwide network. The versatile Sony CM-S1101SPR delivers all the benefits of the Sprint PCS nationwide CDMA network, including superior voice clarity and call security coast to coast. Features include voicemail, caller ID, call waiting and three-way calling. The Sony CM-S1101SPR includes a standard Lithium Ion battery that provides approximately four hours of continuous talk-time or approximately 60 hours of stand-by time. The phone also comes with easy, fingertip access to user- friendly menus, calling logs and a 99-entry phone book with one- or two-touch dialing and name or number look-up. The phone has a large screen which displays up to four lines of text. For added flexibility in call answering, the Sony CM-S1101SPR offers a choice of five ringer types. ''We are very pleased to add the Sony CM-S1101SPR, an exceptional phone manufactured by QPE, to our extensive line of CDMA PCS phones,'' said Phil Garrison, vice president and general manager of subscriber equipment. ''We continue to team with top-notch manufacturers to offer our customers the benefits of the Sprint PCS nationwide network packaged in a feature-rich, value-conscious phone.'' Brian H.