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Like the rest of infrastructure, the Internet will eventually seem to disappear by becoming ubiquitous. Most access will probably be via high-speed, low-power radio links. Most handheld, fixed and mobile appliances will be Internet enabled. This trend is already discernible in the form of Internet-enabled cell phones and personal digital assistants. Like the servants of centuries past, our household helpers will chatter with one another and with the outside help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Replace The Internet? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...sense a parking spot 10 blocks away and beam an electronic force field there to save it until I arrived. Whoops, this just in: experts now forecast that by the year 2025 there won't be any parking spots. Drat! There goes the age-old dream of a handheld, Star Wars-based, in-car parking-meter jamming device...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Still Drive Our Cars (Or Will Our Cars Drive Us)? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

HANDSPRING VISOR $249 (deluxe model) This low-cost handheld uses Palm's operating system and comes with add-ons like the Geode GPS unit shown here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wireless Summer | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

...HANDHELD $499, plus $40 a month Newcomer RIM takes on the handheld market with this compact organizer. A Web browser is coming this fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wireless Summer | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

CYBIKO $150 This snazzy little handheld lets kids chat, play games and schedule all those pressing slumber parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wireless Summer | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

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