Ask anyone who has ever used a wireless mouse or keyboard if they would ever go back, and the answer is likely no. But analysts say that even with such desktop-clearing wireless technologies as Bluetooth and infrared becoming available, the demand is not great enough, nor is the price low enough, to cut the desktop cords just yet.
Users already can get wireless mice, keyboards and printers that rely on infrared or Bluetooth connectivity, for example. Experts say PC makers probably will start to bundle wireless accessories with computers by the end of the year, but such factors as high prices and scant peripheral offerings may slow the wire-free desk for another year or longer.
Giga Information Group research fellow Rob Enderle told Wireless NewsFactor that wireless desktop offerings are expected from manufacturers by the end of the year.
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