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Re:British Museum realises 'vase' is in fact an ancient mace... by masklinn on Thursday January 10, 2019 @05:26AM (#18872819)
I'm not sure it's strange: these are "nomadic" not sedentary devices, you don't keep your MP3 player and GPS device and camera in your shed, you have them on you at all times, so combining them makes for a much simpler nomadic experience.

Not to mention phones are really quite good at being mp3 players and GPS devices and cameras at least for the average person, so the tradeoff is not big.

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Re:British Museum realises 'vase' is in fact an ancient mace... by Nasrudith on Thursday January 10, 2019 @08:35AM (#18873680)
Also the fact is that the user interfaces are the "huge" part for devices compared to the processing. It brings to mind the cyberpunk trope of full keyboard sized "decks" with a tiny screen if that as opposed to modern laptops which have long used squarer and abbreviated keyboard layouts.
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