We don't do a great deal of plugging of Online stuff here (c'mon, really), but this weekend's column from our man in Gadgetstan, Ashley Norris, is particularly fascinating.
"What's likely to be the biggest thing in mobile phones next year? 3G? Camera phones? Well a growing number of industry pundits are wagering that come summer 2004 the feature we will all be talking about is something called Push To Talk (PTT)... There are countless potential applications from groups of shoppers discussing their latest purchases, to sports fans keeping each other up to date on the latest news."Unusually, it's a mobile feature that's already becoming big in the US, which some analysts are saying is down to the fact SMS has never really been as big over there as it is over here. But I still suspect this will be huge in the next year or two: brace yourselves for pieces in the lifestyle pages soon about how irritating it is in restaurants and public transport, too...
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