Gadget predictions for 2002
Source: CNN
L33tdawg: Personally, I'd like to see wireless broadband or in fact any sort of broadband become more affordable here in Malaysia. Whether this will be more of a pipe dream than a reality will remain to be seen. I'm pretty positive that we will see at least a slight decrease in the current prices...
Portable MP3 players will shrink in size but hold more songs. Cell phones will double as handheld computers. And televisions will be bigger, sharper -- and cheaper.
These are some of the new -- well, really just mostly improved -- consumer electronic gadgets that will debut in 2002, a year that also promises some modest strides toward the wirelessly connected world that was overpromised a year ago.
Devices such as personal digital assistants, cell phones and combinations of the two will increasingly come with built-in wireless Web access.
Laptop-toters seeking to surf the Web through wireless hubs, their options currently limited, will likely see many more places offer the service as this technology proliferates.
