Manufacturers such as Ericsson already promise to roll out cell phones that access the Internet wirelessly and act as a PDA, too. Other devices using various combinations of features are expected in the years to come. But people want different things in their personal technologies, and Zetie said that they sometimes want contradictory things, such as devices that are small and light, but still have keyboards, which need to take up a certain amount of space to be comfortable and functional. He said no one device will fit all for everyone. In fact, he said, some Europeans are already adapting to wireless technology by using high-powered cell phones with lots of features during the day, and then sleeker, lighter cell phones when they go out at night.
Scheduling is another area in which people use different technologies.
Some fumble for the right buttons on their PDAs, but at meetings Starner simply uses his wearable computer to send out e- mail reminders on the next meeting to every person present because he can do it quickly and easily. Howard takes the retro route by keeping his calendar on a piece of paper. And, it's very small and light. I don' t see one solution to anything coming along. And I think that's part of the delight of the modern world.