I've been thinking about this a fair bit over the past few months and the conclusion I've reached is that I could care less about an all-in-one device.
Basically, I would like to comfortably carry 4 devices with me:
1. Mobile phone/organiser, with a built in thumb keyboard
2. MP3 player
3. Digital camera
4. Personal video player
Today, there are already phones (e.g. Nokia 6822) and MP3 players (e.g. iPod shuffle/mini) that are the perfect size and weight for carrying around.
Truly pocketable digital cameras, which take decent quality pictures (esp. distance and low light shots), aren't that far off at all.
Personal video players are still fairly brick-like, but they'll probably be acceptable within 2 - 4 years.
Arguments against an all-in-one device:
- 4 devices will always give you better battery life than one all-in-one device
- You can use up the battery on your MP3 player completely and still have phone capability
- You can have one device break (or stolen, etc) and still have the other devices
- You can split the weight of devices between pockets
Anyone else have an opinion about this?
Kap