10 Mobile Technologies to Watch
Jon Fortt,
San Jose Mercury News,
Sept 26, 2002
A quick look at some of the wireless innovations coming down the pipe. Number three looks like a killer: "software [that] allows users to create a personal wireless network, to, say, take a laptop equipped with 802.11b and reach out and grab other 802.11b users who want to connect." A million applications spring to mind. Here's one: proximite based voice or text peer-to-peer instant messaging (let's just call it PPM). Can you imagine short-duration conversation circles springing up between motorists waiting at a stop light? Some of the ideas are less great. number four, for instance, evokes memories of the late, unlamented and very bad CueCat - people are not going to phone numbers posted on billboards to receive advertising. Anyhow, this article has eight more items to evoke your imagination.
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