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The end of the dedicated portable device

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Mike Evans
By Mike Evans

The end of the dedicated portable device | asymco

It’s called convergence. Soon we will be able to do anything on one device. Smartphones are outgunning dedicated games machines and, even, dedicated book readers. They are also eating the lunch of sub-£150 point-and-shoot cameras.

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