Re: hand-held computers Re: Electronic commerce has long way togo

[Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>]

>At 09:07 AM 7/15/97 -0700, Eric Murray wrote:
>>> What _are_ the cool things Ian Goldberg can do with a Pilot,
>>> anyway?
>>
>>SSL, telnet, ssh, xcopilot, a POP mail client and some more stuff.
>>http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/pilot/
>
>Even better, the Pilot is about the same size as the new Ricochet wireless
>modem. Keeping the modem in your pocket and the Pilot in your hand, you can
>run Emacs over SSH from anywhere in the Bay Area.

For those outside of Metricom's coverage areas, NovaTel Wireless
http://www.novatelwireless.com is introducing a CDPD modem specifically
designed for the Pilot.  Their Minstrel modem offers TCP/IP data rates up
to 19.2 kbps over analog cellular.  Coverage in most US metropolitan areas
is now available.  List price is expected to be $ 399. and deliveries are
scheduled to begin in late summer.

--Steve

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