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To: w molloy who wrote (11508)	6/15/1998 6:53:00 PM
From: Quincy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

If you look back at the Qcom 3000 description, you need a "superfinger" demodulator (8 receivers working in parallel) to get IS95B compatibility (higher data rate) and VLSI is curiously silent on that. Comparing battery life gains is going to be very complex. You could use the savings gained with the new MSM chip and squander it on things that consumers care about like adequate backlighting. Then, there is the base station/power control thing that makes every one's battery life figures suspect. Voice recognition would use DSP power inside both chips. Engineer?