Like most people, I also have a mobile phone with camera, MP3 player,
voice recorder, etc. At first, convergence phones seemed to be very
convenient and economical, but I'm sick of it now. Not convenient and
not economical. I should have bought an MP3 player and a digital camera
separately because those functions' quality of cell phone could not
satisfy me. The secondary functions of cell phones are only suitable
for secondary use.
Users can have a simpler, higher quality and smaller phones if
manufacturers are willing to make them. However, most manufactures are
just trying to put more and more functions into one device. They don't
care about making simple but high-quality divergence devices (well,
some companies care, but few). The moto of 'sliming' is just for
developing convergence devices, even though they can make ultra-slim
divergence devices with present technology.
Somebody says that convergence is a big trend, and users choose that
trend. Really? I don't think so. Manufacturers choose that trend, and
the users are just forced to purchase convergence devices. Next time, I
want to buy a simple cell phone supporting only phone call and SMS
because I already have other electronic devices. I bet you that I can't
buy a simple but nice phone. I can hardly find such a phone recently.
Of course, some companies make basic phones, but the kind is not
various. In addition to that, I will pay more money for next cell phone
than previous one because DMB TV has been added on the phones. As
camera and MP3 player was, DMB TV will not be option, and the standard
price of cell phones will be raised in the near future.
Convergence is not an only key to high technology. The convergence
devices of high quality, appropriate size, good usability, and
reasonable price will be possible based on the improvement of the
divergence devices. I think that manufacturers should turn their eyes
from convergence devices to divergence devices.
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