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To: Tim McGee who wrote (25617)	12/2/1998 5:44:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 45548

Tim, I agree with you. I think the reason is the new COO. EB just couldn't DO it all. Now if we can just yet the Price/Sales Ratio up to CSCO's 12.7 from its current 2.8.......... techstocks.com o~~~ O

To: Tim McGee who wrote (25617)	12/2/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 45548

3Com offers Web access in new Palm CBS MarketWatch - Last Update: 5:19 PM ET Dec 2, 1998 SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Internet access seems to be the driving force behind rising PC sales this holiday season and it will now be featured in the latest version of 3Com's segment-leading PalmPilot, the company said Wednesday. 3Com's (COMS) Palm Computing Inc. unit unveiled the Palm VII, to provide Internet access for consumers and business people in a wireless network accessible in 260 U.S. cities via BellSouth's Intelligent Wireless Network. The Palm VII will provide instant, two-way personal communication in a text format offering flight schedules, news headlines and online transactions such as movie ticket purchases or online stock trades. Content partners include ABCNews.com, ESPN.com, MasterCard, Visa, The Wall Street Journal Interactive and Yahoo! "The new Palm VII offers all the features, including PC compatibility, of the older versions, with two major added features -- access to the Web and two-way wireless messaging," Joe Sipher, director of wireless products for Palm Computing Inc. told CBS.MarketWatch.com. "Yet it still achieves weeks of battery life." The Palm VII organizer is scheduled to go on sale early next year after a trial period at an expected price point at $800 or less, he said. Web clipping With the Palm VII organizer, 3Com rolls out "web clipping," which extracts text from Web sites, eliminating power-draining graphics and color. Webmasters from 22 major sites have formatted content for the platform including ABCNEWS.com, Bank of America, MapQuest, MasterCard, Merriam-Webster, Moviefone, Travelocity, UPS, USA Today, and U.S. West. Palm.Net For less than $10 per month, 3Com is offering Palm.Net to help access the Internet and send and receive wireless Internet messages. Subscribers to the Palm.Net service will be billed on their credit cards on a monthly basis, starting at less than $10 per month. Category growth 3Com leads the hand-held computer category, also known as personal digital assistants (PDA) that hook up to desktop PCs. The company's Palm III and its predecessor, the Palm Pilot, significantly lead the market with more than two million users. The Palm operating system, also used by IBM (IBM) in its WorkPad palm computer, is challenged by Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows CE operating system. Windows CE is designed for computers ranging in size from palm-size to the new Jupiter-class large sub-notebook devices. Manufacturers such as Casio, Philips and Uniden currently run Windows CE on their palm-top devices. The Yankee Group estimates that there will be nearly seven million wireless and mobile data subscribers by 1999, increasing to more than 21 million by 2002. "The Palm VII organizer is our first step in enabling a new class of information access and e-commerce solutions for the handheld computing industry," Janice Roberts, senior vice president of 3Com and acting president of Palm Computing said in a press release. Shares of 3Com were unchanged at 42 7/8 on Wednesday. o~~~ O