Does the world need a WWAN?

So asks Lee Gomes in his latest column in the WSJ (reg not required here). Ask yourself the following questions:

1. Do you smirk at those ads for "getting a fax on the beach"?
2. Do you chuckle at those photos in glitzy magazines with photos of guys sitting on park benches using their laptops?
3. Do you find yourself muttering..."I'm worried about you" when you see a guy toting his laptop in a deli?

or as Lee puts it:

The simple truth may be that outside of homes and offices, and outside of obvious white-collar tar pits like hotels and airport lounges, there really may not be much of a market for high-speed mobile Internet connectivity. The proverbial killer app could always emerge, like being able to watch movies over the Web, the way they do in Hong Kong. It's just as likely, though, that people would prefer to watch them at home.

or...

Do you believe that the network enables tools, devices and services that are not yet developed? Believing in ubiquitous access of broadband does not mean you need to buy into the photo of guys ignoring beautiful women walking by them as they sit on the edge of a fountain at noon on Tuesday reading their email.