My Palm VII wireless device, for example, is a great tool because of the e-mail capabilities. And because it is with me all the time, I don't have to wait for an idea to get transmitted to a host of people. The speed of transmission will obviously go up and the amount of data you can get to today will be minuscule compared with the bandwidths of tomorrow. As a Navy organization, we feel that mobile computing fits well with the Navy sailor. But they still need to feed information to other locations and also need to have a lot of technical information at their fingertips.
Notebooks are big, cumbersome battery hogs.
Handheld devices are well-suited for Navy and Army applications because you don't really need the computing power of a notebook. What is really important is that you have your mobile device with you at all times, like a Franklin planner, but with many more features and capabilities. They both involve logical thinking, and studies have shown over and over that people who are good in music also will be good in computer programming. He was truly inspirational and always had a proper perspective on work, technology, office politics and most other subjects.