Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Company Sells Info on Cell Phone 'Guts'

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 15:34:42 -0500

Company Sells Info on Cell Phone 'Guts'
Fri Jan 3, 7:51 AM ET

NEW YORK - They're not for the technologically squeamish, nor the light
of wallet.

Portelligent Inc. of Austin, Texas, sells full-color
reports detailing the inner guts of the latest cell
phones, digital cameras and handheld
computers, allowing curious competitors to peer
into gadgets' inner workings.

Those who purchase the reports use them for a
little market intelligence or design tips, said
David Carey, president of Portelligent and its
Web site Teardown.com.

"There are ideas I can borrow carte blanche,"
Carey said. "Or if it's a patented piece of intellectual property, I can work
around it or find out who to go to to license it."

The reports feature complete lists of parts and photos of gadgets' guts at
various states of disassembly.

However, they aren't meant for the typical consumer interested in seeing the
inside of a cell phone. The reports run $2,000 or so apiece, or are sold by
subscription access to the Teardown.com site.

Carey also writes a monthly column for the electronic engineering trade
magazine EE Times detailing his product teardowns.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20030103/ap_on_hi_te/techbits_reports_2

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