Convergence comes of age
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 at 1:37 AM PST In General, Symbian
In his latest insight article just published online, David Wood, executive vice president of research at Symbian, explains the reasons increasingly powerful and useful smartphones are spreading ever more widely in the real world.
Pointing out the different categories of device that smartphones are likely to supersede, such as music players, games consoles, messaging terminals and digital cameras, David believes that all this functionality will be held together and enhanced by the low-cost high-performance core computing intelligence at the heart of a smartphone.
This unprecedented convergence will bring multiple opportunities for ground-breaking new products and services arising from the overlaps of previously separate devices.
You can read the whole article from here. To read other insight articles by David Wood click here.

