Re: TECH:NOMAD

Felix Ungman (felix@hu.se)
Tue, 3 Jun 1997 11:16:48 +0200


<fontfamily><param>Geneva</param><smaller>Anders Sandberg:

>Well, I can only speak for myself, but I would really like to have

>word processing, net browsing and email capability everywhere. My

>dream is to have various search agents available that I could send

>information gathering with a thought ("What is rheology really?") or

>a simple command - anywhere, anytime. The ideal wearable would

>combine the pager with the computer with the notebook.

I guess I have to clarify my point a bit. Do you really care where the

processing power is? I think that for the moment, stationary computers

will continue to be faster and cheaper than laptops/wearables. So it

seems better to concentrate on wearable connectivity, than on wearable

processing power. With good enogh connectivity, the border between

communication and computation starts to blur.

Another point: You will not always have the spare attention to do word

proccessing, web browsing or email anywhere. With my Newton MP 2000

and Nokia PC-card I can do web browsing anywhere, and it gives me a

feeling of safety and security. But still, for some reason, I do most
of

my browsing at the office. This is more a marketing than a
technological

point: How do you convice the potential customer that with wearables,

she could work at places where she doesn't want to be in the first
place?

Felix Ungman

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