| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 3, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| SPECIAL REPORT
What Internet Phones Will Do Get the news You can have articles from key newspapers sent to your phone--say, reviews of the latest movies or last night's score for your favorite baseball team. Play the market You can be notified if the stock prices of selected companies move 5% or more in a day. Then make a buy or a sale. Date Book Use your phone to check the calendar you keep posted on the Web. Get a chuckle Need a morale boost? Call the joke Web site. For 50 cents, an E-mail joke zips to your phone. Sample: So what do you get if you send the Godfather to law school? An offer you can't understand. Change your ring Browse a Web site to get a new song to replace the ring on your phone. Choose anything from Mozart to the Rolling Stones. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
Hello, Internet TABLE: What Internet Phones Will Do TABLE: Road Warriors, Choose Your Weapon PHOTO: Nokia 9110 PHOTO: NeoPoint Cell Phone PHOTO: Samsung Internet Phone PHOTO: Motorola 1000Plus CHART: Wireless Worlds Can Japan Get Back in the Wireless Game? TABLE: Japan's Power Players Cell-Phone Central (int'l edition) TABLE: On the Cutting Edge Taking the Isolation Out of Poverty (int'l edition) INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||||||