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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (1222)	4/8/1999 2:49:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 54805

Uncle Frank: Pleased you seem to approve of Chaz's portfolio. I might also if I had any idea what it is. Since you are new to the Q Uncle Frank, you may or may not be aware that the Q designs its ASIC and turns to two "foundries" to actually make them for the Q to sell. The two are Intel and IBM. That is one ongoing relationship. In addition the Q has a new joint venture with Microsoft which you also may or may not know about in detail. (Actually details are limited since the joint venture is so new). This could be a very major initiative which could make use of wireless data transmission more practical especially in the connection of handheld devices (including phones) to data banks at individual companies (field to headquarters and back) and also in limited ways at present to the internet itself.. There is a SI thread on this "WirelessKnowledge", And there are many posts which relate to this subject on the SI Qualcomm thread. Hope this doesn't violate my agreement re Intel and Microsoft. The focus is on the Q and its relationships ongoing with the Wintel duo. Best regards, Chaz too

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (1222)	4/8/1999 8:01:00 PM
From: chaz	Respond to of 54805

It would delight me if someone with greater tech insight could sort out the QCOM, MSFT, INTC relationships for us, or perhaps crystal-ball it a bit further to include others that haven't come into the crosshairs for us yet. I don't use a wireless device of any sort, and have little need for a PDA. Since I no longer travel (for business) I have never even looked into a portable PC, nor checked myself into a motel/hotel room with a hookup. Lots I don't know. On the plus side, when I was in the business world, it was in the hi-tech magazine publishing business, so I can catch on to this stuff. I just don't live it every day like I used to, and I'm not sitting around bars after five blue-skying it with customers anymore either. Raises an interesting question. For those of you who do (mix it up with customers, engineer peers, marketing types, etc), what magazines are you reading these days? Which would be a help to the rest of us?