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StratVantage Consulting, LLC — StratVantage News Summary 11\/10\/00<\/h1>\n

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Be on the wave or under it\u2122<\/h4>\n

The News \u2013 11\/10\/00<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this Issue:<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nRecommended Reading<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I realize this is the only newsletter you\u2019ll ever need, but if you want more in-depth detail, check out:<\/p>\n

Stan Hustad\u2019s The Coaching Connection <\/a><\/p>\n

Management Signature’s The Express Read <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Convergence to the Max<\/h2>\n

Sprint and Samsung have released a phone with a built-in MP3 player and access to music downloading sites.<\/strong> Sprint PCS My Music service is supplied and managed by HitHive and incorporates RealNetworks RealJukebox software.<\/strong> The phone is the new Samsung Uproar.<\/strong> Apparently, users must rip and upload MP3s from their own music collections for later download to the phone.<\/strong> What\u2019s wrong with this picture? Wouldn\u2019t a Rio be handier?<\/strong> But I guess the pocket bulk factor is important too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cool thing is you can stream the music directly to the phone.<\/strong> And the phone has 64MB of memory for more than an hour of playback time.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Watch the video <\/a><\/p>\n

Sprint <\/a><\/p>\n

Gateway-AOL: You’ve got Net appliance!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I usually try to write my own headlines for these bits, but I used this one from the ZDNet article to make a point.<\/strong> Using \u201cYou\u2019ve got . . .<\/strong>\u201d to introduce articles about AOL has gotten really, really old!<\/strong> Come on you media types!<\/strong> Get off this tired convention. Then maybe we can say, \u201cYou\u2019ve got .<\/strong> . .<\/strong> a clue!\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyway, unlike Netpliance, which is getting out of the consumer market, Gateway and AOL obviously don\u2019t think the Net Appliance market is dead.<\/strong> But tell me: Who wants a $600 appliance?<\/strong> Get an eMachine! However, this announcement is also notable because it involves Transmeta chips.<\/strong> Transmeta is the company that persuaded the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, to come work for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZDNet <\/a><\/p>\n

Swatch Redefines Time<\/h2>\n

Can you say, hubris?<\/strong> Swatch and Ericsson have unveiled the T20 phone, the first phone to use Internet time.<\/strong> \u201cIn Internet time, there is no day or night, there are no time zones or geographical borders.<\/strong> Internet time was invented by Swatch and is based on one global time zone for all Internet users.<\/strong>\u201d The phone was unveiled at 480 beats in London.<\/strong> Somehow this is easier than saying 10:32 am GMT.<\/strong> As Sting said, \u201cOne world is enough, for all of us.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

So where have I been? Swatch invented Internet time two years ago!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, darn. One small problem: the phrase Internet Time\u00ae is trademarked in the US by VirtualFund.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ericsson <\/a><\/p>\n

Swatch <\/a><\/p>\n

Briefly Noted<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n