Smartphones could threaten laptops
Dec 02 2003 - 04:30 PM ET | Smartphone
Reuters
sees the future of mobile tech in smartphones:
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"...Handheld computers and smartphones, even digital music players like the very popular Apple iPod, are getting ever more powerful, smaller, and can perform a dizzying array of functions.
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These powerful gizmos are even starting to raise questions among electronics makers over how much longer it will be before you can leave your laptop at home as a doorstop and hit the road with only your uber-handheld."
We tend to think that it will be awhile until laptops aren't toted around everywhere, but for simple modes of communication, nothing beats a smartphone.
