I think manufacturers are missing a big opportunity here irrespective of the OS. Although from this article I can see things are moving in the right direction...
I find it incredible that nobody has built a mini-laptop/ netbook that has proper built in GSM feature? In other words not just a "data card" or data dongle, full featured mobile network functionality - something that handles text and voice calls and data the same way as a phone would.
Sure there are data dongles, and devices with them built in - but nothing like a true "converged device".
I've hoped for years that this ultimate "single device" would come out, a few hopefulls appeared, such as the HTC Shift, but alas, no Voice capability - just data.
Basically what we need is something you can use a bluetooth headset with, then we can have have no phone to carry around, just a small laptop and headset.
Well thats the dream anyway! However impractical it might be in practice, I'd like to see it happen someday!
derekcfoley
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