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To: Barkat who wrote (24076)	11/5/1998 1:48:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Not a problem at all, I honestly don't see how it's possible to keep up...unless one limits themselves to reading only one or two threads. Btw, I'd read it half way before I realized I'd been there before. <gg> PS Was the article about 3Com and Gadzoox posted here already? biz.yahoo.com

To: Barkat who wrote (24076)	11/5/1998 9:06:00 AM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 45548

Microsoft and Qualcomm to form wireless venture PC Week Online - November 4, 1998 12:21 PM ET Qualcomm Corp. and Microsoft Corp. plan to launch a new venture next week in the wireless communications space. The companies are expected to announce next Tuesday the formation of a company whose focus will be on developing new wireless services for corporations. The company will promote Qualcomm's CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology along with Microsoft's Windows CE operating system for handheld and embedded devices, said Qualcomm officials in San Diego. Though officials declined to elaborate, the alliance appears to be a marriage of convenience. The new company, sources said, will likely take on Symbian Ltd., which was formed earlier this year by Qualcomm competitors Nokia Corp., Ericsson Inc. and Psion Ltd. Symbian is focused on developing smart phones based on Psion's EPOC 32 operating system, a long-standing Windows CE competitor that is well regarded in Europe. Motorola Inc. recently joined Symbian. The Qualcomm/Microsoft venture is expected to promote Chimera, Microsoft's code name for a smart phone platform based on Windows CE. According to sources, the Redmond, Wash., company has been seeking partners to help get that platform, expected to debut in 1999, off the ground. One of those partners had been Samsung Electronics America, which showed the SCS-100, a Windows CE-based CDMA/AMPS smart phone, at last year's Comdex. Samsung touted the phone, which has yet to ship, as offering fax, e-mail and Internet capabilities as well as the ability to manage users' personal information, such as a calendar and address book -- all features that are expected to be included in Chimera. According to sources, however, Samsung is now leaning away from Windows CE, which some consider "too fat" for the phone. Instead, sources said, Samsung is in the final stages of securing a license for the Palm operating system from 3Com Corp., which will be used in a similar version of the phone that may appear at this year's Comdex. Oddly enough, Qualcomm is also a Palm OS licensee. The company recently announced the pdQ, a CDMA smart phone that uses the OS, which will be available next year. o~~~ O