A fifth of wireless Americans want an all-in-one device

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Cornelius @ Jan 7th 2009 11:55AM

I travel a lot. I'm desperately in need for an all-in-one device, but even in 2009 there's still nothing out there that does everything "well enough". I want a phone that has a decent res screen (VGA or WVGA or higher), ability to play movies in that resolution without stuttering, have enough internal or expandable storage to hold my entire digital music collection (100+ gigs) and then some, and a 3+ mp camera that can autofocus in less than a sec and still take good pics like my 4 year-old canon point and shoot.

I got the HTC Touch Pro/Fuze thinking that I could replace my iPod touch, iPod classic (160gb), EEE PC, and digital camera. I figured that with a small screen and limited storage (1 SD card), I'd have to make concessions, but otherwise I'd be happy on trips.

Guessed wrong:
-the video playback on newer HTC devices are terrible (video drivers are crap). iPod touch, while only has half the resolution, has much better video playback.
-iPod classic holds my entire music collection (as well as every episode of southpark) and still has 40 gigs remaining (and has much better interface and audio quality).
-My 4-year-old canon point and shoot compact camera takes much better pictures and video. The autofocus on the HTC takes forever, and shorts are far more blurry and noisy- it's not very usable as a camera.
-Web browsing on the phone is pretty good (Opera is one of the better mobile browsers), but if I'm stuck in a hotel without internet, I'm tethering my phone to my EEE PC and using good old Firefox.

I still haul all 4 devices (with respective extra batteries/chargers) around for trips. Someday, there'll be a device that can handle all of the tasks. But it seems I'll still have to wait a few more years...

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