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Re: LITA Telecommunications Interest Group Meeting (June 26)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wong Wai Man)
Mon Jun 21 20:21:31 1999
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 18:35:21 -0600
From: Wong Wai Man <wmwong@ouhk.edu.hk>
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Dear Mr Burslem,
I'll not attend the meeting but would like to know the brand name and model
of the equipment you mention. Thanks.
wai-man, ouhk Library
At 04:43 PM 6/18/99 -0600, you wrote:
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>"The information you want: will it be available wherever you go?"
>
> The new Palm VII handheld computer with its information services,
>the Japanese release of a handheld with videoconferencing capabilities
>(although very slow at 2 frames per second), voice recognition systems in
>palmtops: how many technologies and information resources will there be in
>one very portable device? If so, what are the implications for libraries?
>
> If you'd like to explore such ideas, come to the
>Telecommunications Interest Group meeting at 2:00 pm, Saturday, June 26,
>in the Radisson Hotel - Audaban where a discussion group will be held with
>a view to making this into a program for the next annual conference.
>
>Peter Burslem
>Chair, Telecommunications Interest Group
>
>
Wai-man Wong (Ms)
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