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...composing faxes, sending and reading e-mail and accessing the Internet. Alcatel, the French phone giant, is already marketing a phone called the One Touch Com, which has taken all the functions of a palm-size organizer, such as address book and scheduler, and installed them in a mobile handset small enough to slip in a shirt pocket...
Colleagues said McCarthy was quiet and easygoing. He was laid to rest in a sweater, and atelephone test handset he used in his work wasburied with...
...hold on. Suddenly the doorbell rings, or you want to go to the bathroom. What now? Unfortunately, Stargazer's pause button is still under construction. To stop a movie in midscene, you have to pick up a telephone handset, dial into the Stargazer control center, punch in a series of codes, and wait as long as half a minute for the order to be processed...
...sanctuary will be lost. In-Flight Phone Corp. of Oak Brook, Ill., a newcomer to the field, has begun installing advanced digital telephone systems in each and every seat, complete with video screens and ground data links that will revolutionize service in the sky. Each passenger will have a handset stowed in the armrest and a 4.5-in. by 6-in. screen mounted in the seat ahead, just above the tray table...
...welcome aboard already on their screens. News and weather data will scroll past as they settle in, followed by the ineluctable buckle-up-for-safety sermon. Next will come a menu with instructions (in four languages) on how to swipe any credit card through the electronic reader on the handset to pay the costs of a phone call...