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...wireless Etak Traffic Touch function surveys competing routes from his San Francisco home to his Silicon Valley office and beams down constantly updated reports on which one is less clogged. En route, Maggs is a flurry of wireless connectivity. He chats on his Motorola cell phone and answers e-mail on his Internet-enabled Palm. If he likes a song he hears on the radio, he can order it on Amazon with a few taps of his stylus. And if he decides he'll stop off at an Internet start-up in San Francisco's SoMa (South of Market) district...
...wireless revolution is something no major tech company wants to miss. There are face-offs at every level. Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson are duking it out over smart phones. Microsoft's Pocket PC is squaring off against Palm, which has nearly 70% of the handheld market. AT&T, SPRINT PCS, MCI and the Baby Bells want to provide the connections. CNN, ESPN and everyone else want to provide the "news nuggets" and other customized content...
...Pleasantville in part because he grew up in the area, but also so he can avoid all the drama that comes with recording in New York City. Okay, maybe he can be a little too mellow. During an interview, he also reads and sends messages on his Motorola two-way pager. "Just got a page from Carole Bayer Sager," he says casually. Ooookay...
...alphanumeric characters. I figured I'd cure this by spending $129 more to buy the Data Connectivity Kit and do e-mail off-line, through my laptop. But when I tried to set the thing up, there was nothing in the documents explaining how. Worse, when I called Motorola's toll-free help line, I was assured by two separate reps that the phone could be used only for faxing; e-mail and Web browsing could not be done via a laptop-phone connection! I would have sent the thing back in disgust. Instead, I pulled my reporter's credentials...
...more information, see Motorola's website at motorola.com Got a tech question for Josh? You can e-mail him at jquit@well.com