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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (10764)	5/20/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: kech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Whoa - High Tech Guru Surfer Mike - have you seen this one? (But do they make a water proof version?) Uncle Ira Brodsky is hawking internet over cell-phones via Unwired Planet. Note about 2/3 through the article where they mention that the major investors in Unwired Planet include the Mighty Q. Also that it is making this access available on the Q phone soon. sjmercury.com The next question is who makes the screen for these cell-phone internet browsers of the future. Hopefully maybe for the Q too - but so far only tassled loafer wearers and Siemens have signed up. For more on this check out KOPN site on SI or Message 4518713

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (10764)	5/20/1998 6:33:00 PM
From: bananawind	Respond to of 152472

Ramsey, Sprint's footprint in Florida extends from Key West up the East coast I-95 corridor to about mid-state. No service in Orlando, Jacksonville, or anywhere on the Gulf coast including Tampa, Sarasota, Ft Meyers or Naples. Nothing in the Panhandle either. This is pretty pitiful and I must say if I had known they were going to be so long in building out I would have waited on my Q-phone purchase. It did work great though last month when I was in San Diego. Used it to call in to the office from my hotel room at rates way below the usual hotel overcharges. In fairness to Sprint, the slow buildout may not be all their fault. My own neighborhood ganged up on them to prevent a tower going up (sheeesh, what a bunch of Nimby's), which set them back a full year. Suspect this has replayed all over the country. Also, given Sprint PCS's cable partners' lack of enthusiasm for the business (and their own high capex requirements) maybe Sprint was capital constrained. The recent talk about IPO ing the wireless company makes me think that might be the case. -JLF