For some things, phones have actually regressed. Sure, there are apps that were non-existent just a few years ago but phones were "smarter" in the mid 2000's. See back then power users carried a phone and a PDA. PDA's did the heavy lifting and phones were just communication devices. The Palm Treo 650 was revolutionary because it let you carry one device. You could print from it via BT or IR, create a dial-up connection to a laptop, etc. and it had the best keyboard EVER. Along comes the iPhone and Apple, to their credit, convinces the masses that keyboards are an eyesore, cut & paste is not necessary, connecting to a laptop is not necessary, IR connections are useless and the only thing you need is an MP3 player. Slowly but surely, all the useful features that phones had began to disappear. Then the iPad came along and suddenly carrying 2 devices was chic. Now we're seeing IR ports making a comeback of sorts and so are stylii. 9.7" tablets are too large and 7" models are the overwhelming favorite. How about it if Nokia or HTC come out with a WP8 phone w/ BT PAN, IR & MAP while at the same time introducing a 5" iPaq-like PDA running RT with a 4:3 ratio screen. Sounds crazy? Give it a year or two.