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@iastate.edu There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed / Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace