But it's not. I'm harder to find than ever. Most people won't bother trying to reach me at more than one or two phone numbers or e-mail addresses. Assume that in five years the cost of cell phones has fallen to something similar to the residential phone rates of today. Long distance, even international calls cost the same as local calls.
All calls are local.
This communications unit would hold everything that today is housed in a cellular phone, PDA, fax machine, answering machine, Pentium computer with a gigabyte hard drive, and your secretary's brain. I don't think so. I, personally, like the name Personal Digital Assistant. They're, number one, personal. Definitely digital and, when they work right, should be of some assistance.