The cell phone is becoming TRULY the ubiquitous computing device as IEEE Pervasive Computing has reported. It's like becoming the swiss army knife of mobile computing. First you had the addition of text messaging on top of basic voice service, then web browsing, then mobile applications that run locally, integrating a camera into the cell phone, integrating video into the cell phone, putting an MP3 player like the Motorola ROKR, putting Bluetooth wireless technology, putting Wi-Fi. Now, you can add scanning to that list according to this article.
Do I really want my cell phone to do a multitude of tasks, or have separate devices that do a specific task well? That is the ultimate question which differentiates the products out there. I've certainly asked this question before many times. Currently, I carry multiple devices like my iPod mini for music, Palm as my PDA and camera, cell phone for making mobile calls and SMS. Would I like to have all this in one device? Sure, but the problem is battery life, and that if there is a problem with the device, all the functions render useless while that device is being repaired. I wouldn't have that problem with multiple devices. So, it's a trade off.
To me, I still like multiple devices, hey I'm GadgetMan!
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