Nearly all the talk surrounding mobile Internet devices and applications is in the future tense.
When the 3G mobile Internet devices do arrive, they may not even be recognizable as phones, because voice conversations will be just one of their many capabilities.
Both the X86 and ARM camps are eagerly eyeing a new market known within the consumer electronics industry as M.I.D.'s, or mobile Internet devices.
Microsoft has tried to create interest in devices it calls ultra-mobile PCs, and Intel has been encouraging developers to introduce systems it describes as mobile Internet devices.
But there are others, including what Intel calls MIDs, for mobile Internet devices, which will be positioned between a smartphone and a full-fledged notebook.
In the coming year, mobile internet devices and in particular smartphones will continue to bring the biggest changes to the way we communicate.
As next-generation smartphones and mobile Internet devices are introduced by Apple's competitors, the iPhone's large advantage will almost certainly disappear.
This week at the Taipei show, Intel showed off a range of these mobile Internet devices based on its new Atom processor.
In June the firm launched a new line of chips called Atom, designed to power what it calls "netbooks" and "mobile internet devices" (MIDs), mainly intended for surfing the web.
Mr. Wolfe said he would consider buying graphical advertisements for mobile Internet devices, but with the exception of iPhones, he said, screens are not sufficient to render ads effectively.
Since mobile Internet devices like Web-connected cellular phones and so-called personal digital assistants (P.D.A.'s) like the Palm VII were born and bred for on-the-road use, futurists have dreamed up especially rosy scenarios for travel applications.
