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To: joe who wrote (23116)	10/23/1998 2:51:00 PM
From: Cragganmore	Respond to of 45548

Thanks, Joe. Here is some interesting COMS news. Friday October 23, 7:56 am Eastern Time Smart devices to outsell home PCs by 2001 - report NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Growing popularity for devices that free users from desktop computers means that by 2001 these smart appliances will outsell consumer desktop PCs in the United States, a recent industry report shows. <snip> The hottest items in this market are Internet-smart hand-held devices like 3Com Corp.'s (Nasdaq:COMS - news) Palm Pilots and devices running on Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) Windows CE software, the report said. The notebook-sized devices with fold-away screens and keyboards are the most popular information appliance, representing about a third of all sales. IDC expects these hand-held devices to continue to be the most popular smart appliance in 2002. <snip> The full article is available at biz.yahoo.com