By 2007, Gartner Inc. (Stamford, CT) predicts that more than 60 percent of people aged 15 to 50 in Europe and the United States will "carry or wear a wireless computing and communications device at least 6 hours a day." The number of users will jump to 75 percent by 2010.
According to Jackie Fenn, a Gartner market research analyst for advanced technologies and applications, wearable computing and communication devices will resemble a mobile phone more than it will today’s computers. She says the most likely configuration will be a small device with processing, storage and transmission capabilities, linked wirelessly to an ear-mounted speaker and microphone, that provides interaction through voice recognition.