Interest grows in wireless email, new pagers

 

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The benefits of connecting wirelessly with a gadget are becoming clearer, although hurdles remain to widespread acceptance. "There are already 76 million cellular subscribers. That's a lot of replacement units." - Ray Jodoin, a senior wireless industry analyst with Cahners In-Stat Group

Handheld Web applications face challenges Wireless email is finally beginning to realize some of its promise, but there are still some major hurdles to be cleared. Dell expands into pagers, wireless desktops The wireless revolution gets a boost today when Dell Computer announces it will begin to sell two-way "Blackberry" pagers and incorporate wireless technology into its corporate desktops. Wireless firms seek worldwide empires Wireless phone companies like Vodafone AirTouch are playing a high-stakes acquisition game, desperately seeking to grab global markets before their competitors do.