The dream of the electronically connected home, indeed person, will soon be a reality. All the pieces are coming together. Intel is putting out the radio powered chips in great volume and Google is preparing the fast, lightweight OS.
My only quibble with the highlighted line is "within arms length". It should say, "within hearing range". The ability to carry on voice conversations with computers is now a reality.
"you will be able to access your apps & data from any device within arms length (smartphone, notebook, photo-frame, eReader, television, refrigerator, carputer,"
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