MH imo you've missed the mark. It's the convergence that will demand the seemless integration and that has just begun. WiFi, gps, online music, video, instant messaging...all these items will find their way into handhelds collectively at some point. That is where I think the portalplayer collaboration is headed. That is only the first step though. The DRM has to be tightly integrated with most of this tech as well. Lot's of work for e.Digital IMO and the applications have barely begun. Yeah standards are great but weaving together 10 standards to make multimedia handheld devices still requires seemless integration, a small footprint, and low power consumption.
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