Ah Ramsey, The below is the kind stuff that us low forms from the DELL talk about.
To: Mohan Marette (123035 )
From: Darrell Smith Friday, May 7 1999 9:57AM ET
Reply # of 123042
ERICY envisions 3G calls coming through your laptop: (from their site - of interest is that the laptop becomes a connection to your mobile phone, i.e., the laptop becomes indespensible for business people)
<<A wireless terminal that is your gateway into the world of
voice, data, video and multimedia communications.
The year is 2005. You are travelling on the high-speed train
across Europe or anywhere else come to that. On the table in
front of you is your laptop computer. You sip a cup of coffee
while you write a short report on the meeting you attended
earlier that day.
Suddenly, you hear the tone that tells you there's an incoming
videoconference call. You click on the screen icon, the
computer screen changes and you see your assistant's face.
The two of you have a brief conversation. Then she tells you
about a new Intranet site that could be useful for your next
customer meeting. So without interrupting the conversation,
you take a look at the Web site, and your assistant guides you
to the most interesting pages.
A few minutes later, your sales department calls and sends
direct to your computer the technical specifications and price
data you need for your next meeting, while you send your
completed report automatically to the eight people who need
copies.
Meanwhile, a memo from one of your co-directors arrives on
your computer. It's about an important item on your own
company, broadcast on that morning's TV news report. A clip
of the TV item is attached to the email, so you watch it.
This is not science fiction.
It is a preview of everyday communication services that will be
a commercial reality within the next few years.
So-called 'third-generation' wireless services (also referred to
as '3G services') will significantly expand the range of options
available to users and allow communication, information and
entertainment services to be delivered via wireless terminals.
The exciting thing is that the foundation for these services had
already been laid down -in the shape of today's digital
mobile phone networks. What is needed in order to support
these advanced multimedia services is to expand the
information capacity, or 'bandwidth' of the radio
communications technology.>>
Greg
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