>Now here is a subject! It seems that every few weeks a new feature is available from one cell Phone Company or another. Contracts with providers are from one to two years that I hear advertised over the media on the West Coast. Think of the frustration of customers that are locked into a contract with an instrument that does not have the latest toys?
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>Many things can be done with Cell Phones not imagined by even Dick Tracy. A recent article indicated that Cell Phone users are not interested in “features” as opposed to good quality communications, inexpensive cell phones and reliable service. Cell Phone providers do not understand this as they would rather have more “features” than the competition.
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>Cell Phones with e-mail, video cameras and what next? How about a Browser front end and a keyboard? The recent announcement by Microsoft of its Smartphone operating system seems like a move in the right direction for computer users accustomed to Windows equipped computers. If something does not work, reboot!

And lets not forget a sophisticated OS gives new features, like the ability to get infected by viruses. Just a few years ago, this feature wasn't available.