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Bluetooth | wireless phone signals | wireless wiz | tri-mode telephone

Reach Out And Touch

by Marc Boisclair
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WE CAN ALL JUST GET ALONG
Call Motorola's new wireless wiz Mister Congeniality. The TIMEPORT 270 adapts to both cellular and Bluetooth (radio wave) formats. Its tri-mode telephone is compatible with all types of wireless phone signals, so you can call home from anywhere in the United States. Its Bluetooth side lets it talk with laptops, handheld computers, and other portable products - without cables or wires (you will need an optional Smart Module and PC card, however). A big, bright display holds six rows of text to make reading and sending e-mail easier, and a 1,000-number phone book keeps you in touch with friends, family, and colleagues. A "joy stick" comes in handy when navigating the Net. Need we direct you to Tiffany.com? Around $350; available in March at motorola.com. Bluetooth-enabling Smart Module and PC card run about $150 each.

NOW SHOWING: YOUR WEDDING VIDEO
Want to win big points with the bride? Load your wedding video onto this notebook (repeat after us: "So I can watch it when I'm lonely for you, darling.") You'll have room for your best man's toast and much more on the DELL INSPIRON 8000, a chic, sleek, durable package that seems to float like a butterfly in your hand, but packs the power of a hive-full of stinging bees. Processors from 600 MHz to 850 MHz and 64 MB to 512 MB of RAM, 15-inch active-matrix display, Dolby headphone sur- round sound, CD- and DVD-ROM drives, a graphics accelerator, and video-editing software - need we say more? You, your powder-blue wedding tuxedo, and your bad sideburns will be displayed in all their gory, er, glory. From $1,999; available now at (800) 388-8542.

SHE'S READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP

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