Those BlackBerry ads that show everything from the corporate e-mail along with pictures from the kids soccer game and concert videos do a damn good job of illustrating the all in one device.
Based on all-in-one devices, the system structure divides the substation into several parts.
What are the implications of this growing focus on all-in-one devices?
When use is focused on all-in-one devices, everything - play, reading, creativity, learning, communication, social - is just a "home" button away.
The protection and control functions are achieved directly by the distributed installed all-in-one devices, thus forming a protection system based on the all-in-one device in the substation layer.
Some people will still want stand-alone players; some will want all-in-one devices.
Several new all-in-one devices combine a Wi-Fi access point with a print server in a single box.
This year, Mr. Felton found a solution in the new BlackBerry 8830 from Verizon Wireless, one of many all-in-one devices for global business travelers.
Several recently introduced all-in-one devices can back up the contents of a computer at the push of a button or perpetually, and they can do it in the background, as you work.
To avoid lugging around a suitcase full of chargers, several manufacturers make all-in-one devices: charging bricks that come with a selection of tips to fit different tools.
"When I wrote the book four or five years ago, it was during the rise of complex all-in-one devices that coincided with the 'more is better' mood," he explained.
