This was a new term for me: What is Multimodality?

"Multimodality is 'a new concept that allows telephony subscribers to move seamlessly between different modes of interaction, from visual to voice to touch, according to changes in context or user preference,' officials from both companies said in a statement.

Multimodality on wireless devices also invokes visions of one of the more-overused words from the 1990's -- multitasking. With multimodality, users can speak into a wireless handset at the same time they're writing, reading or sending a message." [at Instant Messaging Planet]

The full results of the survey discussed in this article should be available in a few weeks.