At High Enough Speeds, Possibilities are Endless
"Already shopping on the Internet is expanding into real-world stores. Sales kiosks, connected to the Internet is expanding into real-world stores.....
"Coupled with new wireless Internet devices, like the 3Com Corporation's Palm VII handheld computer or the next generation of Web-enabled phones, these new Internet technologies will transform shopping."
In Nokia's home, "In Finland, for example, consumers can already point their digital phones at a gasoline pump or vending machine and then dial an access code to have the purchase billed to their phone accounts.
Excerpt from The New York Times, Wednesday, September 22, 1999, p.4 E-COMMERCE |
