I'm hoping this drives down prices even further. The wireless e-mail plans are still beyond the reach of Main Street. For those more frugal about these things, I've been testing a two-way device called the Motorola Talkabout T900 Personal Interactive Communicator with wireless messaging services provided by WebLink Wireless. WebLink already is selling the device at its Web site and this month will kick off a major retail campaign. People can reach you several ways.
Callers also can leave a numeric page or voice mail, or dictate a message to an operator.
Sending messages on the fly is a tad cumbersome. You press tiny arrow keys to scroll down the main menu to Send Message. In picking the destination, you can enter a pager number, e-mail address or wireless number. If you and your spouse both have devices, your Talkabout can talk to hers. E-mail and instant messaging proved to be the most useful functions.