| ISMagazine.com | Hardware Innovations |
December, 1999 |
Simple And Reliable Network 
Connections In A
"Flash"
3Com® Megahertz® CompactFlash Card Extends LAN Connectivity to Windows CE Users
World PC Expo, Tokyo, September 7, 1999 Building upon a history of Ethernet leadership, 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) today extended high-speed LAN connectivity to the growing number of mobile professionals using Windows CE®-based PCs. The 3Com Megahertz 10 Mbps LAN CF+ Card is a matchbook-sized adapter that provides handheld PC users with direct access to enterprise applications and the Internet replacing the slow and complicated serial connections of the past.
"Many mobile professionals now enjoy the portability and simplicity of handheld PCs, but face technology limitations when trying to access e-mail or the Internet with a Windows CE system," said Sylvio Jelovcich, director of worldwide product marketing for 3Com’s Business Connectivity Group. "The 3Com Megahertz 10 Mbps LAN CF+ Card will alleviate these frustrations by delivering simple and reliable network connectivity at speeds much faster than with traditional methods."
Designed to address the unique requirements of Windows CE systems, 3Com’s CF+ solution uses unique power management features to conserve the valuable battery life of handheld PCs. Unlike similar products currently available, the 3Com card uses a mere 31 milliamps at full power. Users can reserve additional power by simply removing the cable or turning the card off with software included in the package.
About 3Com Corporation
With approximately 300 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people to information in more ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to enterprises, small businesses, carriers and network service providers, PC OEMs and consumers. 3Com — More connected For further information, visit 3Com’s World Wide Web site at www.3com.com or the press site at www.3com.com/pressbox.
Sprint and Sanyo Partner to Offer Internet-Ready Wireless Phone
Sprint PCS, Sanyo Sign Contract Valued at Approximately $140 Million During Sanyo Blimp Event in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 23 -- Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS), the nation's largest all-digital, all-PCS wireless network, and Sanyo Fisher Company, a division of Sanyo North America Corporation and the U.S. marketer of Sanyo brand telecommunications and audio/video products, today announced an exclusive agreement valued at approximately $140 million. Under the agreement, Sanyo Fisher Company will supply Sprint PCS with its new Internet-ready, dual-band, Data/Fax/MiniBrowser-equipped CDMA/PCS phone, to be marketed as the Sanyo SCP-4000. The Sanyo 4000 is expected to be available in Sprint PCS Centers and RadioShack stores nationwide, beginning October 1. Sprint PCS and Sanyo will celebrate the contract during a three-day event in Kansas City this weekend via several appearances by the Sanyo Blimp including Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium during the Chiefs game.
"We are extremely pleased to announce our continuing partnership with Sanyo, providing Sprint PCS customers with crystal clear voice calling and clear, simple access to the advanced wireless Internet features available over the Sprint PCS Wireless Web on the new Sanyo SCP-4000," said Phil Garrison, Vice President and General Manager, Subscriber Equipment, for Sprint PCS. "Sales success and customer satisfaction with Sanyo's SCP-3000 phone have been outstanding, and we look forward to the multi-faceted SCP-4000 and its successors."
"Sanyo Fisher Company is very proud to partner with Sprint PCS, the leading provider of all-digital PCS service in the United States," said Isaac Levy, vice president, sales and marketing for Sanyo Fisher Company's Communications/Information Technology Division. "Sanyo's association with Sprint PCS, begun last year with our first U.S. digital phone, has been an extraordinary success from the outset. In addition to the Sanyo SCP-4000, we are collaborating with Sprint PCS to introduce several new phones in the year 2000."