Apple’s Sept. 9 rollout of an iPod Nano equipped with a video camera and a larger screen suggests a larger trend of manufacturers concentrating on multifunctional devices, including tablet PCs. If those devices find a foothold in the enterprise and consumer markets, there is a likelihood that dedicated devices such as e-readers and MP3 players could find themselves endangered species against gadgets that not only display text or play music, but also capture video and allow document editing.
– When did you last purchase a device that performed just one primary
function?
Purchasers of Amazon’s Kindle line, a Flip digital video recorder, an
e-reader or a digital music player manufactured by a company such as Sony could
probably answer quot;yesterday. quot; But as Apple’s
Sept. 9 even…