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| Subject: | MobileLBSList: New Uproar Phone |
| Date: |
10/31/2000 10:54:15 AM |
| From: |
Bryan Morgan |
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Am I the only one who would refuse to ever listen to music on my phone?!?
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Forbes.com
Ten O'Clock Tech: Samsung's Phone Causes An Uproar
By Arik Hesseldahl
If the age of the PC is over, as IBM Chief Executive Lou Gerstner once
suggested, then the age of the gadget is only beginning.
Just as notebook computers are shrinking in size and weight, the number of
handheld gadgets is heading into a growth spurt. Mobile phones, handheld
computers and now MP3 digital music players are starting to weigh down
backpacks and briefcases everywhere. Amid the hype for all these devices is
one unasked question: How many handheld devices can one comfortably lug
around?
The trend, some people say, is toward merging multiple devices into one.
It's now possible to buy a handheld that can be converted into a mobile
phone, or a mobile phone that also doubles as a handheld.
Now Korea's Samsung has launched a mobile phone that combines the functions
of many devices into one. Dubbed the Uproar, the phone will be available
from Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS - news) on Nov. 1 through Radio Shack (NYSE:
RSH - news) and Sprint PCS stores.
Using built-in flash memory, the phone can store up to an hour's worth of
digital music that can be played back through included headphones. A polite
little beep alerts you to a phone call if you happen to be listening to
music when the phone rings.
Sweden's Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY - news) has also combined a digital music
player with the mobile phone, but through the use of an attachment that
connects to the bottom of the phone. With Uproar, it's all combined into a
single package.
An Uproar user can e-mail and browse the Web with software developed by
Phone.com (Nasdaq: PHCM - news). It has a personal organizer feature for
appointments and reminders. It also includes more standard mobile phone
features like voice-activated dialing and short messaging service
capability.
Keep an eye on Samsung. The company, along with Korean neighbor LG
Electronics--already strong in selling electronic components to various cell
phone makers--are said to be eager to expand into selling their own phones
in a market that is currently dominated by the ``big three'' of mobile
phones: Nokia (NYSE: NOK - news), Ericsson and Motorola (NYSE: MOT - news).
Samsung has found a big customer so far in Sprint PCS. And with the market
for mobile phone handsets projected to reach roughly half a billion or more
by 2007, there should be plenty of room for new competitors.
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