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To: Joe Copia who wrote (34372)	5/4/1999 8:59:00 AM
From: Rob29	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

All .. <RIMM> - Research In Motion. Does anyone have opinions on this one. They are in wireless communication (ex. interactive pagers). I was looking at it as a long. Is this field OK & would they be a good choice or do you know of better intermediate term plays? A PR came out after the bell yesterday so I will not be buying today anyway but would appreciate some input. Very new at this. Thanks, Rob ====================================== Website: rim.net ====================================== ( biz.yahoo.com ) Monday May 3, 5:32 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release New Wireless Email Product to be Unveiled Via Live American Mobile Web Cast RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999--American Mobile Satellite Corporation (Nasdaq:SKYC - news), SkyTel Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:SKYT - news) and Research in Motion (Nasdaq:RIMM - news) will unveil a new wireless email service at 10 a.m. EDT on Tuesday at a press conference in New York. The public is invited to take part in the announcement via a live Web cast on the Internet at www.iwantmyemail.com. Technology expert, author and professor Paul Levinson will join American Mobile president and CEO Walter V. Purnell Jr., SkyTel president and CEO John T. Stupka and RIM chairman and co-CEO Jim Balsillie as the guest speaker. In addition to the live video broadcast, press materials will be available on the site shortly after the announcement. The Web cast will be archived for later viewing as well. To participate in the Web cast, viewers will need the following: Requirements - Internet connection & modem at 28.8kbps or greater - Sound Blaster Compatible with speakers Macintosh - Power Macintosh 90MHz or greater - System 7.5.3 or later - 16 MB RAM or greater - Internet Explorer 4.01 or greater Windows PC - 133MHz Pentium or greater - 16 MB RAM or greater - Windows 95 / 98 or Windows NT 4.0 - Netscape 4.0, MS Internet Explorer 4.01 or greater Firewalls - Firewalls need to be able to pass inbound Java Applets - UDP port 6300 and TCP port 6300 need to be open (inbound) for video streams