We believe that, at the end of the year 2000 more media phones will be sold than portable personal computers. The Nokia 9000 Communicator launched back in 1996 was the world's first media phone. Soon, media phones could include many other categories than just communicators. Industry initiatives support wireless data Media phones will considerably expand the reach of the mobile phone and the internet. Electronic banking, office work, purchasing, entertainment, health care, will all be affected by mobile media phones.
Media phones are a good example of the way the telecommunications industry is developing.
Technologies are emerging and converging, new standards are being created. Protocol - provides an open standard to bring Internet content and advanced services to mobile phones and wireless devices. It acts as the platform on which the media phone operates. Bluetooth, provides an additional local networking, dimension to mobile devices. It is an open standard for short-range radio.