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To: marginmike who wrote (30851)5/25/1999 9:23:00 AM
From: Sawtooth  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 152472
 
Red Herring article on competing handhelds (good article but note comment on CDMA):

...More proof: the commotion over Qualcomm's PDQ, essentially a cellular phone grafted onto a custom-built PalmPilot. With the PDQ, you can call anyone in your address book with a single tap and synchronize everything with your PC over the air. More important, it has wireless Web and email access. While I find composing long emails tedious using the PalmPilot's handwriting recognition technology, it's acceptable for quick messages.

Unfortunately, the wireless data services rely on Code Division Multiple Access cellular service...


redherring.com