Resumen
The article presents information on the post-personal computer era. The PC has had a great run, but some believe its day has passed, and that we are moving on to a post-PC era of ubiquitous computing. Falling prices have led to a leveling-off of revenue from PC sales, and pundits and manufacturers are gearing up for a wave of intelligent, networked devices. Some of these will be Internet appliances, perhaps next-generation WebTVs and set-top cable boxes. Others will descend from today's personal digital assistants, like the Palm Pilot, which now connects wirelessly to the Internet. Pagers and cell phones will be on the Net as well. Devices not normally used for messaging and computing will also be networked. Cars will connect wirelessly to the Internet and contain wireless LANs. Both Sun Co. Inc. and Microsoft Corp. seek zero-administration networking with devices automatically joining and leaving networks at any time. The glorious era of personal computer is ending and a new wave of technology is coming to change our life forever.