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In-Reply-To: <20000803235930.A75765@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> from Nik Clayton at "Aug 3, 0 11:59:30 pm"
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As I recall, Nik Clayton wrote:
> There are a bunch of mobile phones out here with built in modems.  Point 
> the phone at the computer and suddenly (in Windows) you've got a modem
> attached to COM2 (or whatever) -- again, without needing the additional
> cabling.  This is a good thing.

Of course, this is also the promise of Bluetooth, but with
spread-spectrum wireless instead of infared.

	-crl
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