Everywhere I go I see people on the street and in their cars, “app”ing away at various iPhone and Droid handheld Internet devices. Yes, I have iPhone envy. I watch the stock of Apple shoot to the moon, and wonder how I missed the boat. But I just can’t pull the trigger and dump my battered old Nokia phone, primarily because it actually survived a complete washing machine cycle in the pocket of my cargo shorts.
But I’m in the minority. There are projections that by the end of 2010, Apple alone will have sold more than 45 million iPhones worldwide. Add in the sales of Droid and BlackBerry devices, and the future is clear. The time will soon be here when more people will use wireless networks to access the Internet than traditional desktop and laptop PCs.