[Air-L] The World in 2020: The Mobile Device Will Be The Primary Connection Tool To The Internet

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

Colleagues/

Pew Report :The Future of the Internet III / Dec 14, 2008 > The World in
2020: The Mobile Device Will Be The Primary Connection Tool To The
Internet

/Gerry

Overview

A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect
major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online
access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality
become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the
internet itself improves.

[snip]

The Evolution of Mobile Internet Communications / Prediction >

The mobile phone is the primary connection tool for most people in the
world. In 2020, while "one laptop per child" and other initiatives to
bring networked digital communications to everyone are successful on
many levels, the mobile phone-now with significant computing power-is
the primary Internet connection and the only one for a majority of the
people across the world, providing information in a portable,
well-connected form at a relatively low price. 

Links To More Predictions  About The Evolution Of  Mobile Communications
And The Full Text Of The Pew Report Available From

[ http://tinyurl.com/npljcy  ]

Enjoy !

 

//Gerry 

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

 

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