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Originally Posted by Hellmark
I very very sincerely disagree with several of the points.
When it comes to digital cameras, yes, at some levels. Point and shoots, etc I can see being phased out. SLRs, etc will stay around.
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I think that perhaps the low end point and shoot market, or the very compact point and shoot market will be impacted. However, optical physics are pretty much immutable. If you want image stabilization, a decent optical zoom and excellent optical quality you will probably always need a camera at least an inch or so thick.
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Video game consoles, hahahah, yeah right. MS, Sony, and Nintendo have too much of a stranglehold on the market. When it comes to handheld gaming, that is a slightly different story. While other companies, like Nokia, have failed miserably with bringing more traditional video games to cell phones, Android and iPhone have made some headway. I don't seeing handhelds dying out any time soon though. Graphics are a big deal for games, and cellphones simply cannot keep up with dedicated gaming devices, without sacrificing quality in some other area (like battery life). Plus it is much easier from a developer standpoint to create for one set of hardware, compared to a elastic range (such as on phones). That is why PC games tend to be buggier than their console counterparts.
Tablets/Netbooks, not really. Some things are just more difficult on a small device.
GPSs I will have to agree on. We've already seen a drop in sales on those, since cellphones do just as good of a job, and most automatically update their maps. One less thing to carry with no drop in quality.
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My feature phone's GPS does a better job than my wife's GPS.
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Bill