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...next frontier? Wireless. Palm Pilot users can already use PayPal and their units' infrared technology to "beam" each other cash. And with Web-enabled cell phones, PayPal can be used to make payments remotely. That means in the future, when you go shopping or eat out, instead of reaching for your wallet, you may reach for your cell phone--and an online-payment service. Ultimately, it may be your cash--as much as your frantic hunts for first-class postage--that PayPal and Billpoint render obsolete...
...similar to what it was in the late 1800s, when telephony was new and hundreds of competitors were stringing wires. AT&T won that battle, becoming a well-fed monopoly. But now what AT&T does is also done by the Baby Bells, a slew of long-distance carriers, wireless long-distance providers and even the Internet...
...uses the Sametime system to connect a 16-ship battle group in the Atlantic Fleet. Closer to home, long-distance provider Sprint uses software designed by Bantu Inc. to enable employees to chat while watching online PowerPoint displays. Messages can also be sent and received by a variety of wireless devices, including cellular phones...
...issues at AT&T are vastly different. CEO C. Michael Armstrong tried his hand at Welch-style growth, spending more than $100 billion on acquisitions in the past three years as he attempted to build a one-stop solution for TV, cable, the Internet, wireless and wired local and long-distance phone service. It hasn't worked, and now he's busting the company into four parts...
MUSIC MAKER As if remembering dozens of numbers and surfing the Web weren't enough, wireless phones can now play music, thanks to MP3 player accessories. Ericsson's sleek, brushed-metal MP3 player ($199 at ericssonus.com is designed to work with three of its newest phones. It plays MP3s stored on tiny 32-MB disks, which can hold 30 minutes of music. When a call comes in, the music stops and the earphones do double duty as a hands-free earpiece and mike. A cell phone's work is never done...