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To: Gregg Powers who wrote (15298)	9/21/1998 2:07:00 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 152472

Gregg, As usual, you make a lot of rational sense and you are bang on with how the PDA will change peoples lives. Your CE notes are also to be noted. One small step for Gregg, one giant leap for Northforce. Oops, wrong again .... One small step for Northforce, one giant leap for Gregg. Greetings of the Season, nf PS Sometimes you have to wait.

To: Gregg Powers who wrote (15298)	9/21/1998 9:58:00 PM
From: JMD	Respond to of 152472

Gregg, damn dude it's always nice to hear from an impartial "nearly orgasmic" investment manager <ggg>. To add to the irrational exuberance suddenly taking hold on this thread, Surfer Mike will report on his scientific market survey. Whilst travelling down the elevator this AM in a financial district SF high rise, a consultant type hopped on having just concluded a visit to a VERY WELL KNOWN DISCOUNT BROKERAGE OPERATION THAT OCCUPIES ABOUT EVERY DAMNED FLOOR IN THIS BUILDING, {Charles something or other}. Well anyway, he was tapping away into his Palm Pilot XXX, when the old Surfer said: Hey Bud, how do you like that puppy? The essence of his reply was that he would sooner part with his wife, first born, and dog than the PP. Followed me into the lobby with a testamonial that would make Pat Robinson proud, not to mention 3Com. So I figured it would be okay to inquire: what if that thing was built into the cell phone [that was hooked on his belt]? His look had to resemble Prez Bill's last Easter Sunday when he and Monica were working on affairs of State. I mean we're talking enthooooosiastical. Me thinking the pdQ has the looks of a big winnuh. Hell we got Gregg and the guy on the elevator as early adopters no? heh, heh, heh. SM

To: Gregg Powers who wrote (15298)	9/21/1998 10:15:00 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Gregg, question on returned phones. When Sprint PCS first launched in SD about 20 months ago, my partner and I signed up for 5 phones. 3 of them probably have less than 1 hour of usage during this period, mainly sitting in the car as emergency devices. 2 of them are used may be 1/2 hr talk time a month. Both "broke" last week, exactly the same problem. The hearing went out so all conversations are one way. Returning them to Sprint, they gave us a couple of Samsungs, new, no questions asked, frequent problem. I assume QC is eating the return. How many of these are there and is this part of the reserve they had set aside? I really did not like the "frequent problem" part. I have no problems as a customer but as I shareholder, I would much rather hear something like "..we have never had that problem before...." Ramsey

To: Gregg Powers who wrote (15298)	9/22/1998 1:37:00 AM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 152472

Gregg, my reaction to the pdQ is near orgasmic. One thing that's holding back as well at only the near orgasmic level is my confusion about how this type of device will send and receive data. Is it going to be just a dumb modem attached to a palm pilot, requiring full time air time connection, or is it going to be something like the CDPD Packet data service provided over the 800 MHz spectrum by AT&T or Bell Atlantic in my area. Something like CDPD is a lot more desirable, since it maintains virtual (actually they call it sessionless) connection to the Internet all the time, but only uses air time when you send or receive a data. Here is a CDPD modem that Bell Atlantic sells, made by something called Minstrel: bam.com Does anybody know if the pdQ is more like this Minstrel thing, or just a modem integrated in one small package with PalmPilot and phone? Neither the press release nor the web site are clear in this area. Maybe you can suggest to QCOM that they put together a white paper on the subject as other companies do, in order to explain the technologies behind the product and illustrate product in action and key benefits. Joe

To: Gregg Powers who wrote (15298)	6/26/2002 2:20:03 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

my reaction to the pdQ is near orgasmic Gregg, Where are you? It took 3 years and 9 months but they finally got it right. High-Speed Data (153 kbps), Color Screen (high-resolution screen with 65,000 colors), Expansion Card Slot (MMC and SD standards), MP3 player, A-GPS, small lightweight clamshell design with external display allowing caller-ID while the phone is "closed", a speakerphone, voice-activated dialing, silent vibrating alert, two-way SMS text messaging, Eudora(R) email, and three modes of Web access (HTML, Web Clipping and WAP), one-touch access to contact and calendar data with complete functionality of a Palm. "The Kyocera 7135 sets a new standard in the converged device category, a category that Kyocera pioneered with the release of our QCP 6035 last year," said Skip Speaks, president and chief operating officer at Kyocera Wireless Corp. Skip's got a short memory. He should of said "Qualcomm pioneered the category with their pdq." ... Oh well. This is the one for me. Although, I'll have to wait for mass market pricing. Drop by some time and give us the view of it all, as taken from your island. Regards, nf