There will continue to be radio stations that remain local and proud of it. Don't touch that dial. Bluetooth may be the answer. The use of mobile computing gadgets is growing like weeds. Worldwide, more than 400 million mobile phones and handheld computers are being used, and GartnerGroup's Dataquest expects that figure to grow to more than 900 million within five years.
People love their convenience, ease of use, light weight, portability, and perceived status.
But many users remain frustrated by the difficulty of getting their gizmos to exchange such information as schedules, phone numbers, and files with all their other gadgets, not to mention all their friends' and colleagues' gadgets. No more cumbersome cables. No more quirky, unreliable infrared links. Vendors have finally come to the realization that users don't want a single, super-complicated mobile gadget that does it all. Instead, they want a terrific phone, a terrific notebook computer, and a terrific PDA-and they want them to talk to each other.