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Rossman is the guy behind WAP, or wireless application protocol. Like packet switching or HTML, it doesn't sound like much, but it's vitally important to the future of the Internet. WAP lays out the rules for squeezing the best of the Net onto that Nokia (or Ericsson or Motorola) in your pocket. Rossman left his native Paris, picked up an M.B.A. at Stanford, worked on the original Apple Macintosh, started three companies and sold one to AT&T before even thinking about WAP. But his best move was attending a 1994 wireless convention in Santa Clara, Calif., where...
...ERICSSON CHATBOARD $50; available in June Snap this mini-keyboard onto your cell phone (the T18Z is shown here), and type instant messages to friends...
...keys are about as large as Tic Tacs. But for some, these stripped-down games are the perfect way to kill time while waiting for the bus or standing in line at the supermarket. Every Nokia phone sold today comes with four or five games built in. This summer Ericsson will offer phones with mini versions of Tetris and Solitaire. And at an annual gaming convention two weeks ago in Los Angeles, Nokia announced a developers' program that will bring to cell phones everything from chess to quiz games to action-adventures by next year. Don Mattrick, president of worldwide...
...onscreen. The more food you collect, the longer your onscreen "snake" grows, and the more points you get. To maneuver, you press the 2 key to move up, the 8 key to go down and so on. I was even more impressed by the upcoming version of Tetris that Ericsson managed to squeeze into its T28 world phone. Even though the screen is no bigger than a piece of Trident gum, I had as much fun playing my favorite video game as I ever did on a computer...
...rules more than half the wireless world, and Nokia's sales of GSM phones account for most of its 30% global market share. Nokia's big coup came in 1998 when it surpassed Motorola. This year's first-quarter earnings beat the most optimistic projection, whereas both Motorola and Ericsson remain in recovery mode. "It would take a moon shot to make a dent in Nokia's position," says Dataquest's Bryan Prohm...