Mr. Tedesco:
Relative to WiFi, a neighbor of mine is trying to set up a service that will serve those locally who are not able to obtain DSL.
I am one of the fortunate DSLers. Just down the block is where the fiber begins, so those folks are out of luck. My friend has been testing sort of a cellular model that will utilize a DSL line via the WiFi equipment. Pop the wireless card into your Palm or Laptop and you have an internet-live computer. Just keep a spare battery or two ;-)
As to having a lot of gadgets around, yes, the technology changes so quickly that I go by the general rule that once I buy something, it's already obsolete...
Fortunately, the 'net has some great places to compare prices, such as
http://shopper.cnet.com/ which will give you price comparisons from many different sources.
Have fun!
