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To: kech who wrote (648)	4/24/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: kinkblot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1820

Camcorders would play well with me. I've always thought that the viewfinder application was the best fit for CyberDisplay because it doesn't require much manipulation of the onscreen image. It's tough to operate controls that are outside your field of view, but camera users are accustomed to that. The big order is just the same one that was previously announced on February 17, to an unspecified customer. Maybe they will 'name names' after the product (camcorder?) hits the market. The only thing that concerns me is that Kopin may have been negotiating from weakness on this deal, since they were very anxious to get a volume order for CyberDisplay. So, there is a chance that Kopin will be selling CyberDisplays at a loss, even at full production capacity. I hope that Fan negotiated decent terms for Kopin. It would be nice if they could at least break even. Will

To: kech who wrote (648)	10/11/1999 9:30:00 AM
From: kinkblot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1820

"That's a WAP" Front page article in today's Wall Street Journal is about Phone.com (formerly Unwired Planet) and how Ericsson helped them sell their protocol to the wireless industry. The basic concept here is to modify Internet content so that it can be displayed on a typical small cellular phone display. Therefore the emergence of WAP as a standard for this application reduces the need for virtual displays such as the CyberDisplay. Today, the new technology, known as Wireless Application Protocol, or WAP, is spreading like wildfire in Europe and Japan and is due to hit American stores in earnest next year. Motorola Inc. estimates that half of the 200 million cell phones that will be shipped world-wide in 2000 will be equipped with WAP browsers. And in Britain, Germany and Scandinavia, rarely a day goes by without the announcement of another WAP application. The article goes on to say that companies representing 95% of the world market for cellular handsets now support WAP. Will this enable the cellular phone to become "a first-class citizen of the Internet" as Mr. Parrish of Phone.com predicts? Not by my definition. WT