Motorola V8160 Internet Phone

The whole Web in your palm

By J. W. Dysart | Sep 01, 2000
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Sadly, that magic chip implant that will forever fuse ourbrains with the Web still eludes. In the meantime, at leastthere’s V8160 Internet phone ($399-$599, depending on your carrier). Withit, Net fanatics get to browse Web sites compatible withPhone.com’s UP.Browser 3.1. Plus, you can do old-millenniumthings like talk on it. Key specs of the 3-ounce phone include:Dual mode 800 MHz digital CDMA/analog AMPS, backlit display and24-key keypad.












J.W. Dysart, asoftware analyst and Internet business consultant, has written formore than 40 publications, including The New York Timesand The Financial Times of London. He is also a columnistfor our sister publication, Âé¶¹Éç’sStart-Ups.

Sadly, that magic chip implant that will forever fuse ourbrains with the Web still eludes. In the meantime, at leastthere’s V8160 Internet phone ($399-$599, depending on your carrier). Withit, Net fanatics get to browse Web sites compatible withPhone.com’s UP.Browser 3.1. Plus, you can do old-millenniumthings like talk on it. Key specs of the 3-ounce phone include:Dual mode 800 MHz digital CDMA/analog AMPS, backlit display and24-key keypad.












J.W. Dysart, asoftware analyst and Internet business consultant, has written formore than 40 publications, including The New York Timesand The Financial Times of London. He is also a columnistfor our sister publication, Âé¶¹Éç’sStart-Ups.

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