Hewlett-Packard and Leon Navickas from Lotus see wireless communications as a wave of the future. At the recent Spring Comdex, half the space devoted to the HP 95LX at the Hewlett-Packard booth went to the Motorola NewsStream Receiver and the Erikson GE Mobidem Wireless Receiver. The idea is that in the future you can literally be anywhere and transmit and receive electronic mail. This would give Email users a freedom similar to cellular phones users.
I learned in talking to service providers that there are still some kinks to be worked out with these wireless systems. The first to be able to use these wireless systems will be those in major U.S. cities. As more people use Email and as greater geographic areas are served, the popularity and convenience of Email should increase.
We are thinking of devoting a regular column to wireless communication in the 1993 HP Palmtop Paper. I will be interested in your feedback on this.