'Smart phone' makers seek cheaper and easier way to reach the Internet

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Philips Home Services, Northern Telecom, US Order and Colonial Data Technologies are the leading manufacturers that are developing telephones with graphics screens and access to the Internet. These smart phones are being developed to provide E-mail, document-transference, banking, voice-recognition and touch-screen capabilities, often including miniature keyboards for data input. The $250 smart phones are not designed to compete with newly released $500 information appliances, instead providing access to simpler forms of data communication. Smart phones presently rely on assistance from external servers for the translation of Web documents, but manufacturers intend to ultimately provide the phones with integral translation capabilities.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing, Telephone & Telegraph Eqp NEC, Planning, Product development, Product information, Computer-telephone integration, Computer telephony, Telecommunications equipment industry, Telecommunications systems, Company product planning, Northern Telecom Ltd., Telephone systems, Telephone system, US Order Inc., Philips Home Services Inc., Colonial Data Technologies Corp., USOR, CDTX

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'Unlimited' on-line access does have its (time) limits; consumers find small print on the Internet

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Many ISPs are reconsidering the unlimited access plans they were forced to adopt in 1996 when the large competitors began offering $19.95 a month as a standard flat rate. ISPs have found that customers with unlimited access are increasingly spending more time on the Internet. Frequently, companies automatically disconnect an Internet session if a user has not made a key stroke or mouse click in 15 minutes. Concentric Network is offering a companion plan to its $19.95 rate, the $39.95 rate. The $39.95 rate also provides unlimited access to the Internet but includes priority access and priority customer support. Many in the industry believe flat rates will not last and a more tiered approach will eventually be established.

Telegraph & other communications, Services, Prices and rates, Internet, Internet service providers, Internet service provider, Internet/Web overview, Concentric Network Corp.

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Apple sending clone makers mixed signals; resistance to licensing of Rhapsody and OS 8

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At the 1997 MacWorld Expo, Apple failed to address its future plans for the licensing of its Macintosh operating system to makers of Macintosh clones. The company's failure to present straightforward answers has been seen by the industry as a sign that Apple executives do not believe that Macintosh clones benefit the company. Fred Anderson, Apple's CFO, has stated that the company will not prolong its licensing agreements with clone makers unless the cloning companies are able to demonstrate a commitment to expanding the market for Macintoshes. The clone makers will need to concentrate their marketing efforts on the low-end consumer market for Macintosh machines and allow Apple to dominate the high-end market.

Management, Computer software industry, Software industry, Operating system, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, AAPL, Licensing agreements, Company licensing agreement, Apple Inc., Company Business Management

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