To: Wigglesworth who wrote (28019 ) 2/11/1999 1:57:00 PM From: Mang Cheng Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 45548
"QUALCOMM Expands the pdQ Internet Access with its New pdQsuite Package" (Mang's note: I am suddenly confused - is Palm Computing same as 3COM (?) - these news release never mentioned 3COM by name as if it's a curse) - The pdQ Internet Applications Package Extends the Palm Computing Platform for Professionals on the Go - NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced the introduction of the pdQsuite(TM) package of advanced Internet applications designed for use with the pdQ(TM) smartphone and other Palm Computing® platform-based devices. The pdQsuite package includes the pdQmail(TM) application, an advanced e-mail program, and the pdQbrowser(TM) application, an Internet-standard micro web browser. Expected to become available in the first half of 1999, the pdQsuite package is an integral part of the pdQ smartphone. The advantages offered by the pdQsuite package will also be available to users of other Palm Computing platform devices in a free 30-day trial version and will be available for purchase through the QUALCOMM Store, an Internet-based retail shop atqualcomm.com . ''The pdQsuite package will offer Palm users a sophisticated group of applications that supports complete e-mail control and wireless Internet browsing,'' said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, president of QUALCOMM Consumer Products. ''Direct access to the Internet and to vital data no longer depends on landline connections or proxy servers. The doorway to the Internet and the world of information that it represents can now be opened directly by the consumer, anytime, anywhere -- and the pdQsuite package provides the key.'' pdQbrowser A text-based browser that can retrieve and view any standard HTML-based web page, the pdQbrowser application supports inline hypertext links and HTTP retrieval as well as advanced features such as a user-configurable cache, bookmarks, text formatting, forms fields and buttons. biz.yahoo.com Mang