--- F R E N D Z of martian --- This is a forwarded message From: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, February 21, 2000, 1:27:38 PM Subject: GeeK: IP: New toy coming ===8<==============Original message text=============== > >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:40:34 +0000 >To: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: New toy coming > >Dave, > Apologies if you've already seen this on RCFoC. > > Denis. > > > >It weighs four ounces, is about 5 by 3 inches in size, contains a QWERTY >keyboard and LCD display, and holds half a megabyte of memory. It can >connect >to a PC to exchange files and download Email, and it contains a 900 MHz >wireless transceiver that allows IMing (Instant Messaging) with others >within about >300 feet. If you scatter a bunch of these devices around an area they >expand the IM reach by automatically acting as relay points for devices >farther away. > >It supports wireless interactive gaming. It contains a To-Do list, phone >book, Spanish/English dictionary, Music Composer, calculator, alarm clock, >and >more, and it will scan the profiles of other devices in the area, notifying >you with a vibrating alert when someone that interests you approaches. In >the future, >it will also play MP3 music files. > >Sounds like this might be the next high-end Palm Pilot or Windows CE >organizer, but it's not. It's a new toy. > >It's Cybiko, from a company of the same name >(http://www.cybiko.com/what.html), and this translucent, wavy-looking >handheld "toy" is destined to hit the >streets in March for $149, targeted at the 10 to 17 year old crowd (so, >teachers, just imagine a school populated with a swarm of these devices.) > >... > ===8<===========End of original message text=========== Best regards, Martin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent to you via the frendz list at marsbard.com The archive is at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
