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To: Harold S. Kirby who wrote (30419)	4/30/1999 6:28:00 AM
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THey have you in the palm of their hand! But the army of Net-enabled devices took backstage to Medanich's demonstration of the Palm VII, which is currently in field testing. No larger than the Palm III, it offers Net access thanks to a small attached modem and antenna. Connectivity will be provided by BellSouth's wireless network, available in about 250 cities, or about 90 percent of the U.S. urban population. 3Com Corporation (COMS) price change $25.56 unch Data: Microsoft Investor and S&P Comstock 20 min.delay But the Net functionality is limited — only Web sites specifically engineered for the Palm will be viewable. (“You can't surf with it,” Medanich said.) The Palm VII will ship with 22 partner sites, including Travelocity's airline information, eTak's traffic information, and Yahoo's People Finder. And the Palm won't hook into your existing e-mail; instead, it has a “messaging service,” which acts more like a sophisticated two-way pager. It does have a “know where you are” feature, useful for divining traffic information. The unit can determine the ZIP code of the nearest wireless base station and then return data on traffic conditions for all nearby roads.