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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (15259)	9/21/1998 8:14:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Jon, Nokia won't have been standing still. The Nokia 9000 will be superseded sooner rather than later. But I'll enjoy the pdQ while it is the only game in town. cdma2000 rulz ok! Meanwhile, back in the jungle, just scanning over the world's stockmarket indices, there was an ocean of red today with 5% drops the order of the day. Other than China and Russia. Gee! People really are getting ready for HUGE buying of Qualcomm and the USA in a couple of hours or they actually believe all this deflationary gossip. I guess I'll find out which in a few hours. Happy bond trading. Mqurice

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (15259)	9/21/1998 11:30:00 AM
From: tero kuittinen	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 152472

Yeah, this is real impressive... compared to Nokia 9000, which was launched two and a half years ago. But Nokia is launching a second-generation model, 9110, this month. And that's a different ball game. Nokia's new 9110 is both narrower (5,6 versus 6,7 cm) and slimmer (2,7 vs. 3,5 cm) than Qualcomm smartphone. Yet 9110 incorporates a full Qwerty keyboard! The 9110 is 40% lighter than 9000 was, so crowing about how Qualcomm is now beating a 1996 smartphone in weight is hardly a great feat. The differences in talk time and stand-by times are stunning: Nokia wins by up to 6 hours vs. up to 2,5 hours; 200 hours vs. 40 hours. That's a 400% improvement in stand-by time over Qualcomm's model. What is even more impressive is that Nokia's model incorporates the Memory Card (about the size of a postage stamp) the world's smallest removable data storage card providing memory up to 4 MB. And Digital Camera Connectivity, with which the user can receive pictures via infrared from digital cameras which support the Ir-TranP protocol. Is Qualcomm really leaving infrared connection out completely? This seems like a -96 kind of approach. I also noticed that Qualcomm is not offering a higher data transmission rate. Wasn't this supposed to be one of CDMA's advantages? It is also noteworthy that after lengthy market research Nokia came to the conclusion that most consumers want a full Qwerty keyboard for e-mail in their smartphones. The new Alcatel smartphone lacks the keyboard and makes composing e-mail sheer hell - and the product is a flop. It's easier to make a phone without a keyboard, of course... but it makes the product very hard to use. Check out the display of pdQ and then visit nokia.com to gasp about the display quality of 9110. I really don't want to rain on your parade... or what the hell, yeah, I want to. It distracts me from the fact that Tokyo is in full melt-down. And could someone run by me the theory about how the Clinton Chronicles will not impact the stock market one more time? Tero

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (15259)	9/21/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Jon, Go easy on Tero my Hero. This new pdQ is OK, but (always a but) I was expecting something with a bit more of a splash. Data rata is only 14.4 ??? No direct cdma communications between other pdQ's. You are right, it's big. It is also ugly and is not going to convert me from an existing Palm Pilot/QCP 2700 combo. Also, those who like little flip phones can't to be jumping for joy. A start down the road but not the first step that I expected. Disappointed or just too critical? nf PS Isn't there more to come? The PCS98 invite talked about fast data communications. What's the rest of the story?