sorry I couldnt link to the page but it is a compuserve (bluhh!) members only
story
anyways I think we were talking about this earlier last year or this year,
so enjoy! ;)
Compaq to Equip Starbucks Shops
HOUSTON (AP) -- Compaq Computer Corp. and Starbucks Coffee Co.
announced Tuesday a five-year, $100 million deal in which Compaq will equip
the coffee shop chain to give its customers wireless Internet access while
they sip their Caffe Latte.
Houston-based Compaq said it is supplying Starbucks with iPAQ handheld
computers and other equipment to give customers high-speed, wireless Internet
access in its North American stores.
"The plan is, you'll be able to enjoy a pretty exciting wireless
experience, with equipment on site to connect with that,'' Compaq executive
vice president Peter Blackmore said. "And if you already have equipment on
hand, you'll be able to connect with that.''
Compaq, in partnership with Microsoft, already has equipped 100
Starbucks stores in Dallas, San Francisco, New York and Seattle and expects
to have fitted 500 by midsummer. The effort broadens across the country
during the second half of 2001, Blackmore said.
Starbucks customers with wireless-enabled handheld personal computers
can access the Internet through a local network picked up over the airwaves
in each store.
"It's as simple as any other connection,'' Blackmore said.
The deal also allows Compaq to be the preferred provider of other
Starbucks computers, whether in their 4,100 worldwide stores or at the
chain's Seattle headquarters.
"Starbucks chose to partner with Compaq to leverage the power of two
great brands as we enhance our customers' in-store experience through
leading-edge technology,'' Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz said.
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