Apr 3, 2001 HP, MS agree to tone down wireless claims
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) agreed to stop claims that Pocket PCs come with ``built in'' wireless Internet access in order to avoid charges of deceptive advertising, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.
In a proposed settlement with the agency, the two companies pledged to stop ``misrepresenting'' that their handheld computers ''came with built-in wireless access to the Internet and e-mail at any time and from anywhere,'' the FTC said.
A joint Microsoft-HP advertising campaign made the claim, the agency said, without mentioning that Pocket PC users must first buy additional equipment, such as a modem. --Reuters
