autopilot wrote: > people. Another reason I much prefer seperation to because i don't like > to have all my eggs in one basket. For example, i have prefer a > seperate mobile phone, sat nav, camera and MP3 player - They all do > there jobs better than an all-in-one devices, and if a better sat nav > comes on the market i can upgrade that and not have to also buy a new > phone and MP3 player which i am happy with. It would be cheaper too. >
That's a popular opinion, but it's fast becoming old fashioned. Especially with mobile devices it's a giant advantage to have only one device in your pocket instead of two. I used to carry a PDA (HP100LX) and a phone around and they were a major hassle to carry arround in your pocket. Now, I have a smartphone that does the job of two. Much better. It also has a GPS receiver which I would use if the software wasn't so terrible. If the software were good enough I'd use it. The fact that many smartphones are so bad at being MP3 players is due to terrible software. The competition of the iPhone will soon force phone makers to improve their mp3 playing ability. It's just not that hard to do. I wouldn't mind a video squeezebox, but I suspect it's pretty hard to do right and integrate it properly with the current software. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
