Phil Blackburn

Reading, England

Computing

The flaw in all this is that, for a *mobile* phone, to a large extent form is function. The phone needs to be easy to carry, and either inconspicuous or attractive while being carried, whilst efficiently performing its core functions.

Non-core functions, though, are only useful if they do not mess up the basics. For a business user maybe email and 3G are core; for the rest of us they are at best nice to have, but not at the expense of portability and battery life.