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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2629)	12/21/1998 8:22:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

IBM Develops Java-Based Internet Access Phone December 21, 1998 [A timely release re: The changing interface of Internet terminal gear for next gen network users] Nikkei English News : TOKYO (Nikkei)--International Business Machines Corp. has developed an Internet access phone with a liquid crystal display. The user can upload software for the phone based on Java, the network language of Sun Microsystems Inc. The U.S. giant computer maker believes the telephone has a huge potential to become a home network terminal, while home electronic equipment makers are rapidly developing home network terminals based on the television. IBM will encourage phone companies worldwide to adopt its Internet phones. The trial phone has an 8-inch color LCD and can be operated with a touch panel. It can be used as an Internet terminal for browsing home pages and exchanging e-mail after signing up with an Internet access provider, in addition to ordinary phone functions such as answering machine and fax communications. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (9432) has already launched a similar phone. Unlike NTT's Internet access phone, IBM's machine based on Java can upload the machine's software by receiving software products sent from suppliers. The machine can also be connected with a keyboard and IC card reader, if necessary. In the digital home appliance business, manufacturers have been developing such machines based either on a digital television set or personal computer. But these machines are expensive and hard to set up. It is expected to take some time for them to become popular among households. The computer maker had been looking for products based on which the company will be able to develop digital home appliance. Candidate products did not include TVs and audio and visual equipment. The company believes digital home appliances based on a telephone will not be expensive and be able to be used easily even by the elderly. (The Nikkei Industrial Daily Friday edition)