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To: Ausdauer who wrote (3575)	8/4/1998 10:03:00 AM
From: limtex	Respond to of 60323

Aus - I wonder how Nokia are doing with MMC and also there is Siemens as a partner and Siemens doesn't usually lose!!!

To: Ausdauer who wrote (3575)	8/5/1998 3:41:00 AM
From: Ken Crounse	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

The beauty of MMC in the palmtop/digital communications market? I would also like to be reminded of the usefulness of removable flash products in palmtops and personal communications devices. While design-ins for the Philips Nino Palm-size PC and the Nokia 9110 Communicator offer evidence that it is useful, I'm lacking a picture of specific scenarios, and the press releases haven't helped. I don't mean storing address book data, I mean applications that will require the purchase of large amounts of MMC. Furthermore, in the long-term I'm concerned that as connectivity increases, portable storage will become redundant. If these hand-held devices can access data networks, any information that you acquire can be stored remotely and retrieved remotely. These remote storage devices may be your home computer's hard drive, some space at your ISP, or some 3rd party which exists for this very purpose (e.g. hotmail or PlanetAll). This could apply to digital cameras with built-in wireless comm as well. So, where's the flash in this vision? I think the flash technology is terribly cool, and should somehow be useful. I own a little SNDK; Ken