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...sideshows. One of the biggest areas of growth for mobile is expected to come in the form of data communications. It is already possible in most European countries to subscribe to services that will send soccer scores and stock prices to your mobile using short messaging, much as a pager does. Soon an advertiser like McDonald's will be able to send a data message to every mobile phone at a football stadium urging their owners to eat a Big Mac at halftime. Or a pedestrian walking past a car showroom might receive a message inviting him inside...
...companies that sell beepers have been going through a rough spell, according to the Wall Street Journal. Service is getting too cheap, and profit margins are shrinking. Worse, who needs a beeper when most new cell phones come with a built-in pager? My phone, which is by no means extraordinary, even allows people to send me text messages or e-mail. The two-way pager--or enhanced pager--is supposed to save the messaging industry because it turns the once proud but dumb beeper into something that talks back...
...advanced messaging network. (Others are being rolled out.) Stupka cited a survey showing that the average information worker handles on the order of 190 e-mail and voice messages a day. He argues that everyone will have to figure out ways to control that message flow. The two-way pager is a means to that...
...radios aren't just for police officers and truck drivers. At least that's what Motorola is banking on with its new Iden i1000 ($300; available from Nextel), a compact cell phone that doubles as a two-way radio and pager. The radio function works within a 150-mile range and is best for quick communication with co-workers or family members with the same phone. Pricier cell-phone calls can connect you anywhere...
There are still a few bugs to work out, of course, which is why e-mail has not replaced the pager in most doctors' offices. But enough physicians have added regular stints at the PC to their office routine that at least one professional group has drawn up guidelines. And the American College of Physicians is undertaking a survey this summer to determine just how widespread doctor-patient e-mail has become...