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To: GO*QCOM who wrote (30565)	5/21/1999 9:51:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

New appliances will help boost "no-brainer" web traffic, Intel just announced a similar device today \http://www.qubit.net/ PCs make people crazy because they are open systems. Open architecture was essential when the first PCs showed up in 1978, but now that the industry knows what people really use home computers for, they "should design them accordingly," he said. "You will buy this device by Christmas this year," he said. Armitage took the Qubit on the road last year and has been talking to all manner of business partners, including online services such as America Online, high-speed cable folks such as At Home and Web portals such as Yahoo! who see its TV-like potential. Tim Koogle, the portal's chairman and chief executive, "was jumping up and down," Armitage said. "He was yelling, 'I want people waking up to Yahoo! I want people waking up to Yahoo!' This device could represent an order of magnitude increase in traffic for them." The revenue model looks more like cellular phone service than regular PC hardware. The user will buy the device, then pay $20 a month or thereabouts for service. No deals have been announced, but Armitage hints at announcements soon to license the technology to a consumer electronics company.

To: GO*QCOM who wrote (30565)	5/22/1999 7:15:00 AM
From: limtex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

GQ - Thanks it looks great. Why is it such a big deal though. I mean for me the PdQ is a real piece of new useful technology, a great gadget for all mobile users. The Q phone is a great model for young people praticularly and everyone else in general but the thin phone...what's the deal? If the Q is going to whack NOKA and ERICY in thje market place it has got to think that the mass market mobile phones are fashion items. Get Ralph Lauren to design one. Oncce you've got the basic Q CDMA useability and funcionality then the insides of the phone are transparent to consumers its only the outside appearance and if Ralph or Calvin or Gucci designed it well thats the general idea it doesn't have to be them but it will be better if this year it ssilver and maybe next year dark green or something. Just out of interest my niece just graduated from San Antonio. She was over at our our place and said to my wife " Oh aunt you've got a Qualcomm phone as well! How did you know to get one?" Meaning how did an older person have the same foresight as her!!! Turns out that my niece, most of her year and most of the year below had or werre all in the process of buying Qaulcomm phones also becuae of the phone and also because there was no contract and they were very affordable. Soujnds pretty good to me for revenues for this year. Best regards,