But Dr Donelan also has more sophisticated applications in mind.
Other measures involve broader, more sophisticated applications of technology now found on a few competitors' models.
One site, CodeAcademy.com, provides instruction on creating sophisticated applications for the Web using Javascript.
The fact that chat programs show who is online at any moment has given rise to new and sophisticated applications.
Sean Parker, a former Facebook executive who now runs Causes, said Facebook was trying to stimulate the creation of more sophisticated applications.
This concept can be achievable using locked-down wifi-zones enabling or deactivating sophisticated applications in various subject zones across the building.
But more sophisticated applications may require wearable computers that are as powerful as desktop and notebook PCs, or even more powerful.
Meanwhile, workers who have never had basics like e-mail or used more sophisticated applications will encounter Microsoft's products every day.
Although there are already some very sophisticated applications of 3D printing in industry (in aircraft manufacture, for example), most of the stuff produced by 3D printing in the public domain looks pretty naff to the layperson's eye.
Yet, nearly everyone in the wireless industry agrees that by next year speeds approaching that of a typical home PC connection will be available through wireless devices, allowing sophisticated applications like the downloading of images.
Today's smartphones can do almost anything a PC could do in 2007, but in a couple of years smartphones may have enough computing power to enable much more sophisticated applications that truly take advantage of the device's portability.
