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.TM. 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.