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To: BayTay who wrote (914)	3/13/1999 9:30:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1412

What's really troubling Gates is Symbian's mighty parents. Mobile phone powers Nokia, Ericsson, and Motorola, along with British handheld-computer maker Psion PLC, formed the venture last summer. The idea was to create a common software platform for the next generation of Web-surfing phones, souped-up cell phones that will give callers access to the Internet. These smart phones may proliferate faster than personal computers, accounting for perhaps 25% of 1 billion cell phones expected to be in use worldwide in six years. The aim: to untether the Net from desktops and phone lines. If the phone behemoths have their way, these machines, from phones to palmtops, will run on Symbian software--not on Microsoft's system for handheld machines, Windows CE. ''Our goal is to become the wireless standard,'' says Symbian CEO Colly Myers. businessweek.com