And the speed we access this information should be instantaneous. Convergence is happening. New Palm Pilots are wireless. Soon, Palm will offer a Qualcom phone. Kitchens are being built with Ethernet connections.
Cars have desktop computers on the dashboard.
One way to understand how fast convergence will enter mainstream life is by looking at Internet acceptance. An unknown medium in 1993, the Web has grown at a mind numbing speed. That's about the size of the automotive industry, only the Internet is growing at a much faster rate. That's likely to be a conservative estimate. When new media are accepted by the mainstream, they balloon exponentially.