A Perfect Pair In the past, marriages between wireless and PDAs weren't exactly made in heaven. Now they're in it for better.

You'd think they'd go together like peanut butter and jelly--wireless communications and PDAs. Who doesn't want to surf the Web or grab messages on the road?

But past attempts to slap these two together have attracted few diners. Was it the concept or the implementation? More like implementation and price, says Kevin Burden, an industry analyst for IDC in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Early adopters of wireless PDA ventures paid an extra $200 to $400 for wireless hardware and $40 to $50 per month for Web access--on top of charges from their phone carriers. What they got was info that, according to Burden, "you can find in any daily newspaper."