But video is on its way. Britain's Orange has offered mobile videophone service, using a cumbersome device resembling a Newton with a small digital camera attached. Bill Gates didn t step down to retire. His entry, Microsoft's wireless portal MSN Mobile 2.0, launched during the cellular industry's show in New Orleans in the beginning of March. The social implications of mobility and Internet connectivity are far reaching.
Mobile connectivity shifts the very concept of work and traditional Internet communication.
Unique social constructs will begin to take place when people are always online. Already in Japan, a real-time dating service will do introductions between two people in the same place. With WAP, they can be placed directly from the event itself while it is occurring. Pinpointed emergency medical aid. The ability to find children lost in a crowd.