AT&T Computer Systems wants to get in on the burgeoning laptop market – and to differentiate its entry by using cellular radio or other wireless communications to link them to other machines, according to the Washington Post. And as a short cut, the company is negotiating a joint venture with Japanese trading giant Marubeni Corp, which will supply technology and components from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, although AT&T would build the machines at one of its US plants.
