Smartphones might be carrying wireless operators’ profits right now, but change is a-brewin’. As the iPhone becomes mainstream and the FCC opens an enquiry into exclusive handset deals, carriers are turning to new device categories (cameras, e-readers! Machine-to-machine!) as linchpins for a “beyond the smartphone” strategy. In fact, converged, do-everything mini-computing devices that happen to make phone calls might eventually ... (1155 words)

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