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   From: coryalbrecht@hotmail.com   
      
   In article <1129904267.307243.189610@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "rick++"   
    wrote:   
   >Cell phones in IM mode are pretty close to   
   >what was an original Communicator.   
      
   No, IM is text based, which communicators weren't.   
      
   Cell phones with voice recognition ("Call Bob's mobile") or the   
   network-based VR of some carriers are the start of Trek communicators   
   but you still have to have programmed it all in yourself. When you can   
   say "Call Bob's mobile" without having to have known Bob's number   
   beforehand, then we will be their.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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