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To: HardMoney who wrote (11)	4/26/1998 3:01:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 36

Using removable media for data collection is a bad idea since you can store a lot more for a lot less money on a hard-disk and transmit the data using radio communications or through a network connection. Using a Click! or Zip drive will always be an option in those cases but it's not critical. The market for Click! is roaming devices which require or generate large amounts of data and do not have access to a hard-disk or sufficient bandwidth to transmit data using wireless communications: navigational devices, cameras, small test equipment, et cetera. Now to read that data in you will need one of two things: a standard interface to all of the above devices or, not surprisingly, a Click! drive in your computer. Despite being "only" 40 megabytes, high reliability and low power consumption are far more important. Should Click! establish itself as a de facto standard for portable devices that will propel acceptance in standard PCs primarily as "receiver" but also for backup. Zip isn't reliable, IMO, but Click! will be.

To: HardMoney who wrote (11)	4/26/1998 7:50:00 AM
From: rocky haag	Respond to of 36

Frank, I think you bring up a good point. The Clik! will Allow tactical information gathering from any electronic emission. Following your logic the Clik! might be used as an engine/systems monitor in planes, truck or automobiles. Imagaine instead of having to take a mechanics word, keep your Clik in the car plug it into the Cigarette lighter (assuming they have those in the future)(also assuming a kit came with the Klic! that connected the lighter wire to the cars brain) and presto you become your own vehicle diagnostic expert. The kicker would be the software that could be developed for this endeavor. Imagine the auto parts sellers who would love to have a "Discount Parts Inventory" section in the program which could then dial an 800 number and let them know where the closest store is and if they have the inventory. Yes Dorothy, with the Clik! you are really not in Kansas anymore.

To: HardMoney who wrote (11)	4/26/1998 8:02:00 AM
From: rocky haag	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36

The Klic! might also be used for annual reports. Buy the time you add up the cost of designing, printing and distribuiton costs of a regular photo-laden AR, it might be cheaper to go with Clik! Disk. This would also allows companies to use mult-media format for presentation.