We're seeing an interesting portion of evolution in the making regrading technology.

Engineers have, in the past, been tethered by what features we can fit where in say a handheld or laptop. Its getting to the point now where sacrificing function for form is a thing of the past. Smaller things do more, taking up less space, and the true ingenuity comes not from what can be packed into what; but what good that is to the average user.

Laptops can now be fitted with modular components ot be upgraded at a later time. Modems, video cards and soon sound cards are add ons where there was once a static use. With the advent of PCI-express, components have more than enough bandwidth and take less space.

The only limits are becoming (if not already) the minimal size a device can be and still retain its functionality. The Human hands are a factor that is not shrinking with the rest of the industry. How many devices can be fit with a QUERTY keyboard? Ideally we can see devices like the palmtops of the industry.

In the past there were laptops and htere were pdas, Whats to come when the laptops shrink to the size of a pda? or the pdas gain the funcitonality of a laptop? The blurring of these lines can only make things more interesting for the industry.

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