xanadu, possibly, but I have gotten mail from him on his blackberry before also, I'm sure he is travelling with that or a laptop. Maybe his days are jampacked tho, I've been to those kind of tradeshows and it is VERY time consuming and at the end of the day all you want is a cold one and a good nights sleep!!! Re: that other matter...what is it they say about hindsight?? It does seem like an overly agressive move.
Mike