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To: Sjp who wrote (2328)	11/14/1998 9:12:00 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Thursday, November 12, 1998 3Com Links PalmPilots To Mobile Phones 3Com unveiled today an update to its Palm Computing platform that will allow infrared connections to mobile phones, giving PalmPilot users wireless data-access capabilities. The company released the Enhanced IR update, downloadable software that lets PalmPilot users beam data from their machines to Ericsson's infrared-capable mobile phones. The Ericsson phones can then transmit that information, such as E-mail, addresses, and application data across a GSM cellular network. 3Com says the links to mobile phones tap the potential of the portable computing devices, helping users to send and receive data without needing an extra modem or having to use a wire line. The Enhanced IR update software, which adds the IrComm infrared communications protocol to the Palm handheld device, is free. 3Com did not disclose whether it would support other brands of telephones in future renditions. -- Jeff Sweat