A system, a wireless hand-held device, and software component for accessing information
responsive to short-range radio signals is provided. The system includes a wireless
gateway device coupled to a network, such as a cellular network. The wireless gateway
device includes a network manager software component for accessing information
from the network responsive to a first short-range radio signal. The network may
be a corporate, private or public network, such as the Internet. A first wireless
device is coupled to the wireless gateway device. The first wireless device provides
the first short-range radio signal. In an embodiment of the present invention,
the first wireless device is a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant or
thin terminal having a Bluetooth processor and transmitter. In an embodiment
of the present invention, the network manager software component includes a plug
and play software component for loading and executing software for the first wireless
device. In an embodiment of the present invention, a second wireless device accesses
information on the first wireless device using the wireless gateway device.