BUT MY PALMPILOT WON’T MAKE THAT “KA-CHING” SOUND

“If customers are in the car and they hear a song they like, they can look it up and purchase it. In our mind, this is a cash register in every pocket.”

Warren Adams, director of product development at Amazon.com, on the Palm VII’s wireless e-commerce links to the giant online store, The New York Times, 4 October 1999