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Thursday, September 06, 2001
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7070200.html?tag=mn_hd Start-up plans e-mail pager for the masses By Ian Fried, Staff Writer, CNET News.com A Silicon Valley start-up that plans to offer a BlackBerry-like device aimed at the consumer market will demonstrate a prototype of its wireless handheld Thursday. Danger Research's Hiptop is designed to send and receive e-mail with a keyboard similar to the one on the BlackBerry pager from Research In Motion. Although the BlackBerry is aimed primarily at corporations, Danger hopes to tap the consumer market by offering the Hiptop for about $200--about half the cost of the BlackBerry....
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