BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 13, 2000 ISSUE
TECH BUYING GUIDE

Wireless Acts


                                       WIRELESS
PRODUCT/MFGR.   PRICE   SERVICE (MO.)  TECHNOLOGY   THE SKINNY

SELF-CONTAINED DEVICES

PALM VII        $399    $44.99         Bell South   Network slow
Palm                                   Mobile Data  but reliable.
                                                    Web access limi-
                                                    ted to pre-
                                                    defined sites.

BLACKBERRY 957  $499    from           Bell South   Best access
Research in             $39.99         Mobile Data  to Microsoft
Motion                                              Exchange corp-
                                                    orate e-mail.


ADD-ON WIRELESS MODEMS

OMNISKY FOR     $299    $39.95         CDPD         A better wireless
PALM V                                              Palm than the Palm
OmniSky                                             VII. HP and Hand-
                                                    spring versions
                                                    coming.

@CTIVELINK FOR  $428    from           ReFlex       Odd service re-
VISOR           (in-    $24.95         Paging       quires Web wait:
SkyTel          cludes                              info comes back
                Visor)                              as pager messages.


PHONE-BASED DEVICES

MOBILE          $49     None           GSM          Allows standard
INTERNET KIT                                        Palms to access
Palm                                                Internet through
                                                    wireless phones.

DIAMOND MAKO    $399    None           GSM          Clamshell device
S3                                                  with keyboard. 
                                                    Popular in Europe
                                                    as the Psion Revo.


DATA: BUSINESSWEEK; COMPANY REPORTS


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