Once upon a time, I was known as Inspector Gadget. Why? Because
I wore on my belt three different devices — a mobile phone,
an iPod, and a Palm Pilot. The phone was only good for calls, the
iPod could only play music, and the non-wireless Palm Pilot was
simply a calendaring assistant.
I wondered then whether there could ever be convergence, such
that at some point I only would need to carry around one device. Of
course, that did happen, but the
convergence occurred beyond my wildest dreams.
Sure, on one device the size of a deck of cards, I can make
calls, play music, and I can organize my calendar. But that is just
the tip of the iceberg.
I can exchange emails and texts, I can take and receive photos
and videos, I can watch television shows and movies, I can search
the Internet, I can talk to my daughter while seeing her live in
Europe by videoconferencing, I can work on documents, I can engage
in social networking, I can perform financial calculations,
