The title sounds a bit technical but all it means is: whats the most technology functionality you can possibly have on the thoeretical device. The perfect ‘all-in-one’ device.
Check the date of this post becuase things could change very quickly.
Basically, its everything you use a PC for:
Writing (doc emails blogs websites)
Calculations
Real-time chat (electronic)
Talking (live phone)
Recording (storing voice/image)
Creating (imaging, music,)
Location Guidance (gps based routing and location/timetable information)
Reference (public and personal document access)
Connectivity – Access to common data/voice networks. Device control.
Syncronisation – If you cant do it on one device – you need to sync!
Thats a lot of categories that translate into the following common functions:
Mobile phone voice
Mobile phone IM (SMS/MMS)
Calendar
Contacts
Reminders/To-do
Digital Camera
Document creation (typing)
Document retrieval (doc reading)
Document storage (local)
Music playing/recording
Video playing/recording
GPS navigation
Web browsing
Email creation
IM Chat.
..and the following common connectivity methods:
GSM,GPRS (2G), UMTS (3G), Wifi variants, Bluetooth, IR
I’m going to leave out WiMax for the time being.
Excellent post. Could not have said it any better myself. Hat’s off to a post well said.