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Technology Stocks : Browsing the Web with your Phone - General Magic (GMGC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (27)	1/7/1999 9:14:00 AM
From: scouser	Respond to of 70

The only yellow pages application I know of is a NXX based one. This works by calling a 3 digit number and choosing a product (restaurant,taxi,piza etc) the call will then be forwarded to a local (based on your tel#) business that pays the telco. Great for visitors. I will check out the IVR system today. Regards John

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (27)	1/7/1999 3:11:00 PM
From: Kevin G. O'Neill	Respond to of 70

Dow Jones story... ["I think it is kind of the 'Jetsons' thing, the 'Star Trek' thing."] General Magic Inc. Dow Jones Newswires -- January 7, 1999 General Magic Up 17%; Portico Demo With Microsoft Cited>GMGC NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of General Magic Inc.'s (GMGC) rose 17% Thursday after the company and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) demonstrated a prototype of technology that allows users to access driving-related information - such as addresses and directions to get there - using voice commands. "I think it (the stock) is largely driven by the Microsoft announcement of the demonstration of this technology," said Buck Krawczyk, a spokesman for the company in Sunnyvale, Calif. The two companies demonstrated General Magic's Portico, enabled on Microsoft Windows Auto PC platform, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Thursday. While Portico was launched in July 1998, the demonstration represents the first glimpse of how Portico can include Auto PC options. The demonstration marks the first technology collaboration between General Magic and Microsoft. In March 1998, Microsoft made a minority investment of $6 million in General Magic. Although there's no specific timeline as to when the new technology may be available to consumers, Krawczyk said the company opted for the demonstration because it made sense to show the fruits of Microsoft's minority investment. And the Las Vegas convention is hard to ignore, he added. Using voice comands, a telephone and preferably a computer, Portico users can access a variety of information including e-mail, voice mail and calendar appointments - and possibly locations and directions with Auto PC. The voice on the other end of Portico, by the way, is a computer-generated but pleasant-sounding woman's voice and is based on months of social and psychological research, Krawczyk said. The voice is similar to that of a 40-year-old woman from the Midwest, and is assertive without being aggressive, he said. "I think we're looking at voice becoming much more pervasive as a way to access information and utilize technology," Krawczyk said. "I think it is kind of the 'Jetsons' thing, the 'Star Trek' thing." Shares of General Magic recently traded at 7 3/8, up 1 1/16, or 16.8%, on volume of 5.9 million shares. Average volume is more than 972,000. - Heesun Wee; 201-938-5392