47. The computerized information and display apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the data bus comprises a bus compliant with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) protocol, and the communication between at least the data processing apparatus and the wireless network interface is conducted at least in part over a wireline connection between the USB-compliant bus and a data bus in communication with the wireless interface.
53. The computerized information and display apparatus of claim 47 , wherein: the display device comprises a capacitive touch screen input and display device; and the at least one computer program is further configured to cause display of a plurality of soft function keys or icons associated with respective ones of a plurality of topical areas on the display device, such that the user can touch corresponding areas of the touch screen input display device display so as to select the respective topical areas associated therewith; and wherein the at least one computer program is further configured to: generate one or more additional digitized representations of speech received from the user, the one or more additional digitized representations enabling the performance of the desired action by providing additional information not present in the first digitized representation, the additional information enabling resolution of one or more ambiguities associated with the first digitized representation; and synthesize one or more audible responses to at least the first digitized representation, at least one of the one or more audible responses being based at least in part on the first digitized representation.