It took 10 years for the Web to go from being pages with text and occasional photos to the slick, flashy sites we see today,” says Kaan Yigit, president of digital culture research firm Solutions Research Group in Toronto. “We’re seeing a similar evolution in the wireless space.”

In this day and age, it isn't only desired, but expected that we should be free from wires.  According to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, there are currently 166,016,850 wireless subscribers in the United States.  As researched by J.D. Power and Associates, “6 out of 10 wireless phone calls are made outdoors. Of those, 62% are made in a vehicle, while 36% are made while walking or standing.” (Rosenthal, 2004). And the technological advancements that surface almost every day speak to that expectation, quite clearly.  

Wireless technology is the wave of the future.  It is becoming a hot topic due to the fast development of wireless networking and technology and significant increase of mobile device users.  By the year 2005, there will be ninety six million active mobile internet users in the U.S alone (www.emarketer.com).  Nearly one billion people carry cell phones worldwide today (www.emarketer.com).  "In Japan, more than 2 million people already use their wireless handsets to send e-mail and access the Internet, and in Finland, 90% of teenagers have wireless phones that enable them to buy a coke or pay for a carwash (Artesia Update, 2000).”  “Applications such as instant messaging and mobile e-commerce will transform the handset from being a 'nice to have' wireless phone to a 'must have' information appliance," said Ray Jodoin, principal analyst for In-Stat's Global Wireless Service (www.regisoft.com).”