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Originally Posted by JSWolf
So really, it's a matter of do you take the dumbed down multifunction device (this does not include netbooks, laptops, or desktop computers) or do you get better functioning stand alone devices?
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It's not an either/or. Agreed, multi-function devices usually don't do everything well. If they dumb down a function they formerly did well, it's a very questionable design decision. But if they don't, the question becomes what functions you
need them to do well, and whether a multifunction device that does that particular set well exists.
I'm unlikely to care about a camera, for example, as I already have a digital camera. So if the particular handheld has one but it isn't very good, I probably don't care. It's not why I got the device.
Purpose built devices designed for specific functions are likely to do them better than multi-function devices that include that function among others, but the question becomes how many you want to carry around.
I'm willing, for example, to carry my tiny cell phone for placing/receiving calls, and my multifunction PDA for everything else including reading ebooks. I'm
not willing to carry phone, PDA
and reader.
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Dennis