Did Intels buying 35 companies involved in networking and communications help out?
There are plenty of people who are skeptical about that, but some of the 3G guys say they are going to do it. We’ll see. It doesn’t have to be a standards war, anyway. But it’s definitely broadband. Me sitting in San Francisco’s airport wirelessly at 24 kilobits per second–that’s not what this is about. This has to be orders of magnitude faster than that. 802.11b or 802.11a or 802.11g or 802.16 or the very high-ends of 3G–that’s it. That’s it. That’s what’s going to change things. To me, the fascinating question is: What are the unexpected consequences of widespread Wi-Fi? What unusual, unexpected thing is going to happen? It’s a fascinating time. Have you seen the movie “Minority Report”? Sure. Is it going to be like the scene in that movie where the main character is shown walking in a shopping mall and advertisements change as he walks by or call out to him by name? Hyundai in Korea is doing something similar. Right now, if you go to any of the big U.S. stores, they have your shop
