The trend towards personal communications will be further reinforced by the current move towards portability in information technology, moving beyond laptop, no
tebook and pen-book computers towards full-scale Personal Intelligent Communicators (PICs) or Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), which will integrate the features of telephone, agenda and organiser, combined with PC functions, eventually offering all the features of modern telephony, such as v
ideo-phone, fax and multimedia ...[+++] applications.
De ontwikkeling in de richting van personal communications zal in de hand worden gewerkt door de ontwikkeling in de richting van draagbaarheid op informaticagebied, via laptops, notebooks en penbooks thans naar volledige Personal Intelligent Communicators (PIC's) of Personal Digital Assistants (PDA's) die de kenmerken van telefoon, agenda en organiser combineren met PC-functies. Uiteindelijk zullen deze apparaten alle kenmerken van moderne telefonie in zich verenigen, zoals videofonie, fax en multimediatoepassingen.
