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To: Gregg Powers who wrote (18325)	11/13/1998 7:40:00 PM
From: marginmike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

You will agree that as a high profile product the Q represent's an intregal role in Qualcomm gaining name recognition. As with you I am biased and tend to purchase Qcom product's. If for nothing else to help a company in which I have a 6 figure investement. I would assume you have a built in bias having an 8 figure investement. As a consumer(trying to ignore my bias) I tend to drift towerd's other product's. I already have a preconcieved notion about Motorolla having only owned their phone's for many year's. I see the Nokia 6160 and it's unbelievable feature's. When I see Qcom fall short it bother's me. Even though I understand why, as an unbiased consumer I would vie for other product's. I understand that this doesn't matter currently, but in the future the gap must be narrowed. I agree that Weight is unimportent after a certain point. I alway's prefered the ELITE to the STAR-TAC. I thought it had better feature's and was much sturdier. My concern lies within the standby time's. I am realy jealous of 6160 TDMA owner's who get several day's of standby time's.

To: Gregg Powers who wrote (18325)	11/14/1998 2:58:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Gregg, I am trying to retrieve some info from back in Aug, How do I get back into the archives of messages recieved? All the best, Michael Iar.

To: Gregg Powers who wrote (18325)	11/15/1998 12:36:00 AM
From: lkj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Hi Greg, I just came back from HK and China. I saw a few very fancy cellular phones made by Motorola and Nokia. Even though they were GSM phones, but their looks were very appealing to my eyes, and good looks definitely help selling. I think that Qualcomm is still behind its GSM competitors in making pretty phones. Especially for Asian markets, phones are not just tools for communication, they are status symbols. In an early post of yours, you talked about how a couple of ounces in handset weight difference is no big deal. Don't forget the huge female market. Size may not matter much to you; it is definitely crucial to be successful in this segment. In the Sept-Oct issue of Harvard Business Review, there is an article on doing business in China, where Ericsson was used as an example. Ericsson cracked Motorola's monopoly of the Chinese handset market by making slim and colorful handsets targeting the female segment. In about two years, Ericsson has been able to capture 40% of the Chinese handset market. Qualcomm definitely has the best technology and engineers in the cellular phone business, but it is seriously lacking artists. Regards, Khan Liu