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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (25694)	3/31/1999 7:57:00 PM
From: Quincy	Respond to of 152472

Hey Art... I think 3COM/PALM OS is a little bit more umbiquitous than that... webring.org There are enough Palm developers out there to host their own developers conference. pilotgear.com Sports on the go: sportsonthego.com Tealpoint software: tealpoint.com (check out TealPaint and TealScript) The appeal of WinCE is the micro versions of MS Excel and MS Word (two applications that enjoy a huge market share.) Not as useful as their WinNT siblings but you might be leaving the laptop in the car next time. Here is one of the WinCE devices from LG electronics: cdw.com -full-color LCD touch screen -100mhz processor -32mb of memory -a pocket version of MS office including Powerpoint. -$699. WinCE should be able to catch up to the proliferation of 3rd party Palm apps by MS's sheer size and determination (MS can put their hip marketing department to work). Wireless OS's suffer from the same chicken-egg challenge that has kept the desktop world limited to MS-anything, Apple, and UNIX. Outside of the demand for a simple spreadsheet, web browser, email client and word processor, I fear Symbian's challenge will be to create an explosive growth of 3rd party apps. There is a potential for someone to combine the PdQ or WinCE device with a bar-code scanner. This will challenge the market for custom-designed handheld computers used by the shipping and retail industry.