There will never be an "all in one" device. Sure, it's technically possible, but people will never be happy with an all-in-one device.
Case in point: I just picked up a SoftBank 705SC yesterday. This thing is awesome, besides the 2MP camera and a ton of features, it's got a viewer for Adobe PDF, MS Word, Powerpoint, and Excel files. I tested it, and it works. But, for obvious reasons, it's impossible for me to read an ebook when I'm on the subway on this thing. Yes you can zoom in on the PDF as much as you want, but you would have to constantly zoom out, scroll to the side, then zoom back in to try and read just a single page of something. It's frustrating, that it would never replace a device that can properly display computer files (such as a real laptop).
The 2MP camera on it works fine, but does it compare anywhere to a real digital camera set at 2MP? Heck NO!! I have to admit it's nice for a cell phone camera, but it comes nowhere near the quality of an equivalent sized pic (1600x1200) on my Sony Cybershot. Not even close!
Then listening to mp3's isn't as practical as it is on my iPod nano, and the battery on the cell phone doesn't last long at all if you listen to music.
Bottom line - there will always be multiple devices...
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Mark @ Oct 31st 2006 3:22AM
There will never be an "all in one" device. Sure, it's technically possible, but people will never be happy with an all-in-one device.
Case in point: I just picked up a SoftBank 705SC yesterday. This thing is awesome, besides the 2MP camera and a ton of features, it's got a viewer for Adobe PDF, MS Word, Powerpoint, and Excel files. I tested it, and it works. But, for obvious reasons, it's impossible for me to read an ebook when I'm on the subway on this thing. Yes you can zoom in on the PDF as much as you want, but you would have to constantly zoom out, scroll to the side, then zoom back in to try and read just a single page of something. It's frustrating, that it would never replace a device that can properly display computer files (such as a real laptop).
The 2MP camera on it works fine, but does it compare anywhere to a real digital camera set at 2MP? Heck NO!! I have to admit it's nice for a cell phone camera, but it comes nowhere near the quality of an equivalent sized pic (1600x1200) on my Sony Cybershot. Not even close!
Then listening to mp3's isn't as practical as it is on my iPod nano, and the battery on the cell phone doesn't last long at all if you listen to music.
Bottom line - there will always be multiple devices...