                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                 SCHEDULE 14D-9
                                 (RULE 14D-101)

                      SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
                          UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                 @POS.COM, INC.
                            (NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY)

                                 @POS.COM, INC.
                      (NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT)

                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE
                         (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)



                                    04963A104
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                      (CUSIP NUMBER OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                                    JOHN WOOD
                             CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                 @POS.COM, INC.
                             3051 NORTH FIRST STREET
                              SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
                                 (408) 468-5400

 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND
           COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT)

                                   COPIES TO:
                             JAMES C. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
                               STEPHEN W. CLINTON
                              PATRICIA P. ZAHEDANI
                            SILICON VALLEY LAW GROUP
                             152 NORTH THIRD STREET,
                           SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95112
                                 (408) 286-6100

[X] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made before the commencement of a tender offer.


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  @POS.COM ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF MERGER AGREEMENT WITH SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


San Jose, CA, Aug. 14, 2002 -@pos.com  (www.atpos.com, OTC BB: EPOS), a leader
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in secure, interactive electronic transaction technologies, announced today the
signing of an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Symbol Technologies, Inc.
(NYSE:SBL)  and the termination of its asset purchase agreement with Hand Held
Products, Inc.

Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, Symbol Technologies will
acquire all of @pos.com outstanding common stock for  $.46 per share .  The
transaction will be effected pursuant to a negotiated merger agreement, whereby
Symbol Technologies will make a tender offer for all of @pos.com outstanding
common stock.

"The transaction with Symbol will allow us to expand our operations, pursue
market opportunities and continue to develop and enhance our product line," said
John Wood, Chief Executive Officer of @pos.  "We believe that not only will the
acquisition benefit our shareholders but shall also greatly benefit our
customers as well."

"The acquisition will extend our product offering to our global retail
customers. In addition, @pos's technology will complement and enhance other
Symbol product offerings," said Richard Bravman, Chief Executive Officer, Symbol
Technologies, Inc.

ABOUT @POS

@pos is a leader in secure, interactive electronic transaction technologies.
The company delivers technologies that include signature capture pads,
web-enabled platforms, smart card interfaces, and encryption engines supporting
DES and Triple DES, in addition to offering an extensive suite of software
tools.  @pos currently markets its products to the retail, government and
banking segments for applications that include electronic signature capture,
debit and credit payments.  For more information, see www.atpos.com, email to
info@atpos.com, or call (408) 468-5400.

ABOUT SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Symbol Technologies, Inc., is a global leader in mobile data transaction
systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area
networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar
code data capture.  Symbol's wireless information appliances connect the
physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to
information systems and the Internet.  Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code
scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets
ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics,
manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education.
Symbol's systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory
floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home.  Information
about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com and 1-800-722-6234 or 631-738-2400.


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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

The matters discussed in this communication include forward-looking statements
such as statements relating to our ability to successfully complete the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger and statements
relating to whether the merger will add value to our business.  These forward
looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, and other
factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from the results
anticipated in such forward-looking statements.  Such risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, the possibility that the tender offer for our
common stock may fail or that we may be unable to obtain shareholder approval of
the transaction or that we will be otherwise unable to close the transaction
contemplated.  In addition, the inability to accurately predict the success of
our company before and after the merger and other risks are detailed from time
to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission .  We
disclaim any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

@POS SHAREHOLDERS

@pos shareholders are advised to read the tender offer statement regarding the
acquisition of the company which will be filed by Symbol Technologies and Symbol
Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Symbol Technologies, with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the related
solicitation/recommendation statement which will be filed by @pos with the
Commission.  The tender offer statement (including an offer to purchase, letter
of transmittal and related tender offer documents) and the
solicitation/recommendation statement will contain important information which
should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the offer.
These documents will be made available to all shareholders of @pos, at no
expense to them, by contacting the information agent, Georgeson Shareholders
Communications Inc.  These documents also will be available at no charge at the
SEC's website at www.sec.gov.


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