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To: Freeflight who wrote (31097)	5/21/1999 10:22:00 AM
From: kennbill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

gfys

To: Freeflight who wrote (31097)	5/21/1999 10:40:00 AM
From: richard w allgaier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Freeflight: Do you even own a palmpilot??? And speaking of palms....... WHICH ONE WILL YOU BE USING TONIGHT ?????

To: Freeflight who wrote (31097)	5/21/1999 10:45:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

More: 3Com To Make Wireless Version Of Palmpilot Reuters - 02:31 a.m. May 21, 1999 Eastern SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - 3Com Corp.'s Palm Computing division will announce the availability of the wireless version of its popular Palm Pilot handheld computer Monday, for sending e-mail and accessing the Internet. The company is hosting a customer event at the Rainbow Room in New York's Rockefeller Center Monday to announce the availability of the Palm VII, which is expected to be priced at about $599. It will initially be available in the New York metropolitan area, according to a source close to the company. 3Com officials, in Santa Clara, Calif., could not be immediately reached for comment. The product was first unveiled in December with about 22 companies who said they would provide content for the new device, ranging from ABC News to E+Trade. ''It can get stock quotes, read news, send text wirelessly and even locate the nearest ATM machine,'' said Michael Cristinziano, an analyst with Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., adding that the Palm Pilot is one of the fastest growing segments of 3Com. The Palm Pilot, which 3Com purchased through its acquisition of US Robotics, makes up about 10 percent of 3Com's total sales. While the Palm Pilot is currently the most widely used handheld computer, its dominance will soon be under attack by a barrage of so-called ''Web phones,'' wireless phones which will also access the Internet. The new Palm VII uses software called Web clipping, which extracts certain amounts of data from a Web site that fits it into the simplified form on the small Palm screen. Additional partners will also be announced Monday. o~~~ O