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To: Binx Bolling who wrote (3727)	9/13/1998 12:03:00 AM
From: Gary Spiers	Respond to of 60323

Jim, What PacBell calls a smart chip is what is commonly referred to as a SIM card. The SIM card must contain flash memory as the one in my phone can hold my personal details as well as ~200 names and phone numbers. The SIM card is the thickness of a credit card ie much thinner than CF. There are two sizes of SIM card. fullsize and compact. My phone uses the full size card - looks exactly like a credit card except for a rectangular gold contact area containing 7 pads and of course the card has no magnetic strip. The manufacturer of my card appears to be Schlumberger. GaryS (using GSM on a 1900MHz PCS network in Alabama)