61.   The main driver behind the new crop of wireless devices is the ability to get on the Net from a portable phone.

62.   The growth mirrored a surge in demand for portable phones in Japan in the last year after deregulation brought increased competition between service operators and triggered falling prices.

63.   The Kyoto-based company also benefitted from the growing popularity of portable phones in Japan.

64.   The phone will be tied into a base unit and act as a portable phone.

65.   The scanners are about the size of a portable phone and allow the fan to eavesdrop on each racing team using a separate frequency.

66.   Then there are the many calls from his portable phone while sitting on the team bus, the language unfamiliar to everyone around him.

67.   These men in dark suits talking on portable phones.

68.   They browse through newspapers and books, even the comics, and they chat on portable phones.

69.   They pick up portable phones in the morning from a recharging rack and seat themselves just about anywhere.

70.   This fall, the company will launch its consumer-oriented personal communications service, or PCS, a digital portable phone system.