95. The computerized information and display apparatus of claim 89 , wherein the performance of the desired action includes identification a plurality of approximate but non- exact matches for a user query that is at least part of the speech received from the user.
89. Computerized information and display apparatus, comprising: a wireless network interface; processing apparatus in data communication with the network interface; a display device; a data interface in data communication with the processing apparatus and configured to transfer data between the computerized information and display apparatus and a portable electronic device placed in data communication with the data interface; and a storage apparatus comprising at least one computer program, said at least one program being configured to, when executed: obtain digitized speech generated based on speech received from a user, the digitized speech relating to a desired action which the user wishes to perform; and cause, based at least in part on the digitized speech, access of a network entity to cause performance of the desired action; wherein the computerized information and display apparatus is further configured to: receive information obtained via the access of the network entity via the wireless network interface; and provide at least a portion of the received information to the portable electronic device via the data interface; wherein the computerized information and display apparatus is disposed within a land- mobile transport device capable of moving between locations, the land-mobile transport device comprising a control apparatus, wherein a user of the land-mobile transport device can provide an input to the control apparatus to cause the land-mobile transport device to substantially automatically move from one location to another without further user input; and wherein the control apparatus is further configured to calculate whether or not the land- mobile transport device should stop at a prescribed location during said substantially automatic movement; wherein the computerized information and display apparatus further comprises speech synthesis apparatus in data communication with the processing apparatus; and wherein the computerized information and display system is further configured to engage the user in an interactive dialogue, the dialogue comprising: (i) the speech is received from the user; (ii) at least one subsequent confirmatory or adaptive response to the speech generated audibly by at least the speech synthesis apparatus, the response based at least in part on the speech; and (iii) at least one subsequent speech input provided by the user after the response is audibly generated; and wherein the display device comprises a capacitive touch screen input and display device, and the computerized information and display system is further configured to generate a plurality of interactive hyperlinks displayed on the touch screen input and display device, the plurality of hyperlinks configured to each, when selected by the user, access a universal resource locator (URL) associated with an internet web server, and obtain information from the web server via the wireless network interface for display on the touch screen input and display device.