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Sprint PCS

Cincinnati State, Evendale Branch

October 14th, 2002  at 7:00 p.m


Sprint PCS

Mr. Bob Huber, Regional Marketing Manager from Sprint PCS will be demonstrate the latest developments in the wireless world at the October 14 General Meeting.  Some of the products that he will demonstrate include the Handspring Treo PDA phone and the Toshiba 2032 Pocket PC, as well as a couple of AirCard products from Sierra and Novatel that add enhanced G3 wireless connectivity to current laptops and PDA's.

In addition to Bob Huber, another Sprint PCS technical expert will also be on hand to answer all of your questions in this fast changing field.

New features that have been added to the Sprint PCS Vision phones
include:

Take Pictures - Take Digital Pictures with a PCS Vision Camera and sent them to a computer or other phone.


Upload Images -  Upload images from PC to phone

View Pictures - View, access and share photos on display screen
 

Email Pictures - Email pictures thru the phone to PC's, laptops or other phones
 

Save Images - Use the Pictures Web to store & organize photos


 


The products to be demonstrated include:

Treo 300  by Handspring  PCS Phone
This unit combines the power of a full features wireless phone, a Palm OS handheld with a full color display, and Internet connectivity.  The Treo uses the Palm Operating System with both a touch screen and a QWERTY keyboard.  The service includes Speakerphone,  Messaging,  Web connectivity and Voice Command features



Toshiba 2032 Pocket PC

 


This robust device boasts a large 65,536 color display for bright, sharp pictures, icons, and text. Use the integrated phone to make calls, or conduct data sessions browsing the web and retrieving email using Internet Explorer in full color. 

 


 


The Sierra Wireless AirCard 510 for Notebooks
This is the world's first true CDMA Type II PC Card modem that offers simplicity and freedom to be mobile. It is a wide-area network interface card (NIC) that connects a user's laptop directly to the Internet, Intranet, corporate e-mail or a host of other corporate applications - without the need for a wireless phone or landline connection.

Novatel Wireless Merlin G100
The G100 is a PC Card that installs in the laptop's PC Card and supports GPRS (up to 56 Kbps) with an automatic fallback to GSM (which runs at just 14.4 Kbps),

About Sprint


Sprint PCS www.sprintpcs.com  operates the largest all-digital, all-PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas.  With its CDMA technology, Sprint is well positioned to offer the next generation of wireless services. The
first phase of Sprint's third-generation (3G) wireless technology will be completed in 2002.  In the first phase of 3G, network data speeds will be increased 10-fold from 14.4 kbps up to 144 kbps, with average speeds of 50-70 kbps, and voice capacity will be doubled. The high speed packet data capabilities offered by 3G technology will further position Sprint as the leader in the mobile wireless Internet arena
 

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