Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Universal communicator

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060106/bs_nm/electronics_yahoo_go_dc

Me..

I see no reason why my cell phone shouldn't have the ability to interface with my home computer. To me this would be the perfect controlling device.

I'm of the opinion that there isn't enough bandwidth, no matter how creative the engineers get, to handle the features planed for full bodied WIFI and WiMax systems. Having said that there is the possibility that some sort of limited area mesh grid could evolve that would be able to handle much more data than todays widely disbursed towers. Perhaps a system of a couple of blocks radius with every home computer in that area acting as both a sender and reciever of information, forwarding on signals to more remote devices that the tower signals won't reach?

Anyway, for right now it looks like Fiber is going to be the backbone of the evolving data communication systems, while wireless will be ideal for control, voice communications and short bursts of media information.