The technology has been around for awhile, but the clebration of convergence between cell phones and MP3 players is way overblown. The Cellphone’s Next Makeover: Affordable Jukebox on the Move [NYTimes.com].
People said the same thing about cell phone cameras and games. Yes, they’re cute and sometimes fun. But the inherent limitations of the cell phone form factor makes these multi-function devices either larger than useful (see Treo and BlackBerry PDA/phones) or far short on quality (see most Sprint phone cameras). That won’t stop folks from trying them out, but I think the idea of a single, portable device that does everything is destined to failure because the devices don’t do anything WELL.
