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The Future of the Phone

This week's Dual Perspective topic looks at The Future of the Phone.
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In the coming years the “phone” will continue to morph from a handset that one talks into into a all-in-one Swiss Army knife of mobile, personal, computing.

Portfolio.com reports on the business model that just turbo-charged this process.

Wired.com delves into the technical shift that will give us phones without phone companies.

Portfolio.com's Perspective: Dialing for Dollars
by Evan Ratliff

Wired.com's Perspective The End of the Cell
by Douglas Wolk


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