Here’s the difference in what I want: when I go out in the evening or weekend, the phone/mp3 player (incl 1-2gig storage) will detach from the mother device so that I’m carrying around an absolutely minuscule and sexy bit of kit. The rest could stay in my desktop cradle. You wouldn’t be able to tell that it broke apart when it was together – think the almost invisibility and tight fitting of a great battery case.

I talked to Nokia a couple of years ago about this and the guy thought it was really cool when I described it but then he asked around and found out that they’d flirted with the idea for a while but it didn’t pan out. Sheesh, that would have got me to buy Nokia again, which I haven’t bought since my second phone 14 years ago. My last 5 have been SE, except for one foray into a Samsung that was just too sweet to resist (but too clunky for applications).

I’d pay good money for this kind of device as it would truly replace my separate PDA and phone. Smartphones are too large for tucking into pants pockets and if they’re small enough to do that, the screens just aren’t suitable for me.

Of course the phone styling would just inspire gadget lust and envy from everyone.