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Old 10-20-2011, 11:11 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by tmclough View Post
From what I can gather from the article, they're predicting that dedicated devices will die out, and be replaced by one-size-fits-all, jack-of-all-trades,-master-of-none devices. Also, most of the replacements seem to already exist; nothing new will come out to replace them.

That said, some of us will still prefer devices that do one thing (or several, closely related things) and do it (them) well.
I hate when someone tries to design something to combine the best of everything. It usually doesn't work well. Take the GM Avalanche. Is it a truck or an SUV? It is neither and does not do either as well as the original.
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