Phones getting smarter with built-in computer: for banking and paying bills, simply push a button
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AT&T and Northern Telecom Ltd are among companies that are developing telephone equipment that incorporates computer chips, modems and display screens. Such features are not new in themselves, but they signify an advance in the direction of new telecommunications technologies that can take advantage of new kinds of information services. AT&T will introduce its 'Smart Phone' sometime in the next year. The product reportedly will have a built-in computer allowing programming of features, and there will be a modem and a 4-by-6.5-inch display screen, which is similar to screens used on automatic teller machines (ATMs). The Smart Phone's price is expected to be $150 to $200. The reasoning behind this kind of a product is that consumers will want services that they can obtain from their homes. According to Michael Grisham, a manager of strategic planning at AT&T: 'We really regard this as the next-generation telephone.'
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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Times is planning to sell back issues in CD format
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The New York Times signs a contract with University Microfilms International (UMI) to put the newspaper's full text on compact disk. Plans were announced at a meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) in Atlanta, GA. UMI, which already offers the Times on microfiche, intends to have the full text CDs ready in 1992. A basic subscription entitles a customer to a monthly disk that has issues of the year to date. The subscription also includes two years of back issues, starting from the year 1981. Prices for the new product are not yet determined. Other papers that publish in CD format include The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. According to Linda W. Helgerson, of Helgerson Associates, Falls Church, VA, which publishes information on the compact disk industry, publishers' initially suspicious attitudes toward 'electronic publishing' are changing.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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Globex trading system delayed and disputed
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's computerized trading system, Globex, is six months behind schedule, delayed by technical problems. Moreover, some brokerages are concerned that they might be held liable if the system fails to execute an order. In Mar 1989, Mercantile Exchange officials said Globex would be operating by fall. The target date, now, is May 1990. There is dissatisfaction with the system's performance. One common complaint is that information on Globex's screen is presented in a confusing configuration. Each screen displays five windows, so that too much trading data is displayed. Exchange officials say that such kinks are to be expected in so innovative a system. Six months, they say, is not a long delay in such a complex an installation.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1989
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