时下在美国.人们足不出户就可以在家里实现购物、存款、支付水电费等各项服务.人们并不是象科学家原来所说的那样,非要坐在多媒体计算机前操作,而如今坐在电话机旁也同样可以获得这些服务.这不是一般的电话机,而是美国电话电报公司(AT＆T)和北方电信公司研制成功的智能电话机.这种电话机兼有计算机的管慧,又有一般电话机的功能,易学好用.美国电话电报公司研制的2100型电话机,它与一般电话机不同之处,在于它还装有可编程序的计算机和进行通信的调制解调器、供显示的液晶屏,以及几排具有不同功能的感应键等等.通过这些装置,就可交付帐单,在银行帐户之间转移资金,处理其他基本银行事务,询问有关旅游、新闻、投资以及商店有什么 Nowadays in the United States, people can go shopping, save money, pay utilities and other services without having to leave home, and people do not sit in front of a multimedia computer, as the scientists originally said These services are also available alongside telephones, which are not typical telephones, but smart phones developed by AT & T and Nortel Corp. Both of these phones have the power of a computer and General telephone functions, easy to learn to use. The United States Telephone and Telegraph Company developed the 2100 telephone, which is different from the general telephone, is that it is also equipped with a programmable computer and modem for communication, for the display of liquid crystal Screens, and a few rows of differently actuated keys, etc. These devices allow you to pay bills, transfer funds between bank accounts, handle other basic banking matters, ask about travel, news, investment, and stores