Warning systems include detection devices but also imply the judgments, decisions, and actions that follow receipt of the sensor's information.
TomTom collects swaths of traffic data from its satnav devices but also used anonymised data from third party navigation apps, including smartphone maps.
At the same time, Mr. Lurie said, there is a race to come up with not only new devices but also new business models.
But a large part of Nokia's success is due to its early recognition that mobile telephones are more than portable communication devices, but also fashion items.
The new machines not only accept payments from wireless devices but also use wireless technology to transmit information on inventory levels and maintenance problems.
BlackBerrys, which once ruled the smartphone market, now trail not only iPhones and Android devices but also phones using Microsoft's Windows operating system.
This could include the biological data from devices, but also things like how well they slept, what they ate and when they got pain.
"That's what worries us: was this some kind of test run, not just of the devices, but also of the surveillance in New York and the response?" the official said.
This is partly because Americans don't read as many books as they used to — they are too busy doing other things with their devices — but also because of the relentless downward pressure on prices that Amazon enforces.
Nokia, for one, not only will sell Palm-enabled devices, but also is a founding partner in Symbian, a consortium creating a new operating system for wireless Internet devices.
In part through such devices, but also because schools made genuine efforts to improve, some states are showing progress, with fewer schools coming up short this year than last.
