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To: Ruffian who wrote (19012)	12/1/1998 9:56:00 PM
From: Jon Koplik	Respond to of 152472

To all - PalmPilot / wireless access stuff : (May already be in here. I am still way behind reading posts). December 1, 1998 New PalmPilot Will Include Wireless Access to Internet By LISA BRANSTEN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL INTERACTIVE EDITION 3Com Corp. is overhauling its hit PalmPilot handheld computer, offering features that include wireless access to the Internet. The Santa Clara, Calif., network-gear maker is introducing a new version of the device Wednesday that is expected to include a wireless-communications component. The communications capability would allow users to tap into Web sites that have been tailored to make information easily readable on the small display screen of the palm-sized device. People familiar with the matter said the new model will be only slightly larger than the current Palm III device, which is about the size of a package of playing cards. Officials from 3Com declined comment before the formal announcement. The announcement will be made at the company's annual conference for software developers that make products for the Palm device. E*Trade Group Inc., the online brokerage company, is expected to be among sites that will produce information tailored for the new Palm device. The PalmPilot was originally developed by a Silicon Valley start-up called Palm Computing Inc. Palm was bought by U.S. Robotics Inc., a company that was then acquired by 3Com in 1996. 3Com cites analyst estimates that the PalmPilot has roughly 63% of the handheld computer market, a rare platform for software and accessory devices that isn't dominated by Microsoft Corp. But Microsoft continues to step up its attack on the nascent market. The software giant's hardware partners have created a number of devices that are similar to the Palm devices in size and functionality. Besides information about stocks, the new PalmPilot device is expected to carry travel and weather data. Scott Miller, an analyst at San Jose, Calif., market-research firm Dataquest, said the wireless capability of the new device is an important first step as companies race to provide full-featured access to the entire Internet. Until now, Palm devices have been restricted to downloading information from personal computers or using bulky telephone modems. With an embedded wireless connection, Mr. Miller said, "I've got access to a much larger reservoir of information when I need it." Mr. Miller said he knew of no plans for similar wireless devices from Microsoft or its partners, but would be surprised if such devices aren't in the works. In the first half of next year Qualcomm Inc. plans to introduce the pdQ Smartphone, which melds a mobile phone and a Palm device and should also give users access to some Web sites, according to Jeffrey Belk, vice president of marketing at Qualcomm. Web-site access would be provided through data services that telecommunications companies such as Sprint Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp. are expected to roll out also in the first half of next year, Mr. Belk said. The pdQ phone is a good deal larger than either the Palm III device or a top-of-the line mobile phone, but Mr. Belk said it is about an ounce lighter than the two devices together. Mr. Belk said that the new 3Com device should provide healthy competition in the category of small consumer devices. "There are phones that are purely communications-centric, and there are devices that are purely data-centric, and now you're seeing devices that will fall in the center of that spectrum," he said. "Different classes of consumers will choose different classes of products." Copyright © 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

To: Ruffian who wrote (19012)	12/1/1998 10:40:00 PM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

If they'd really won they'd be in court asking for injunctions would they not?

To: Ruffian who wrote (19012)	12/2/1998 10:18:00 AM
From: Rajala	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

>In the interim report to shareholders Erricson reports... "Over the >past three months the US Patent Office has allowed three such >Erricson patents. The successful reissue confirms Erricson is the >true inventor to the "soft handoff" and "macrodiversity" concepts >that are fundatmental to IS-95." .... This leaves still all the questions open. Isn't patent validity supposed to be tested in court? And supposing E wins what are they going to do, are they going to sue Q (and all the other IS-95 manufacturers) for breaching the patents, trying to get compensation? Or are they trying to make Q disclaim the IPRs on WCDMA? - rajala