It may be useful to highlight other uses for "phones" besides handsets.
Wireless datacom (using the celluar nets) is already starting to gain some momentum. There are a lot of applications for this sort of technology
...the vending machine that calls the distributor when it's running low on something...the parking garage that calls the warning sign on the edge of town when its full...the sensor in the basement of your apartment building that calls the manager when the furnace breaks down...
New standards will always sell some new handsets, but growth in the medium term seems destined to come from untapped, unsaturated markets.
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It may be useful to highlight other uses for "phones" besides handsets.
Wireless datacom (using the celluar nets) is already starting to gain some momentum. There are a lot of applications for this sort of technology
...the vending machine that calls the distributor when it's running low on something...the parking garage that calls the warning sign on the edge of town when its full...the sensor in the basement of your apartment building that calls the manager when the furnace breaks down...
New standards will always sell some new handsets, but growth in the medium term seems destined to come from untapped, unsaturated markets.