The Inevitable Convergence

Over the years cell phones and the internet have followed similar paths. First designed for institutional use such as the military or government both technologies have trickled down through the ranks of society to be common place in everyday life. This being said it is no surprise that they have eventually ended up converging into nearly identical forms of communication devices. Today cell phones are merely mobile PCs offering all the same functions as well as being owned by the same Internet provider. With the release of iPhone this all became a reality. For the first time a device can harness the power of the Internet, contain GPS technology, store music, videos or simply have streaming content oh and the ability to make or receive calls. Cell phone providers have begun to move away from the actual phone functions of towards essentially wireless Internet. So what implications do you see coming from all of this? I would find it borderline invasive and annoying being alerted everytime someone becomes listed as single on Facebook. There is also issues of complexity, I've seen someone struggle to make a phone call with the iPhone becuase of all the other options available. Than there is ownership and control. Rogers has complete distribution and control rights of iPhone in Canada which I find frustrating becasue of past circumstances. I am no longer allowed to be a customer of Rogers therefor I can not buy an iPhone, I wouldn't anyway but I would still like the option...(for anyone who has actually made it this far in reading my blog you may have noticed spelling errors in my post. For this i apologize but my spell check is on the fritz and without the red skwiggle under the words I'm helpless. )