Apple's iPod Evolution Could Mark End of Dedicated Devices
Found on eWEEK on Friday, 11 September 2009
Apple's Sept. 9 rollout of an iPod Nano equipped with a video camera and a larger screen suggests a larger trend of manufacturers concentrating on multifunctional devices, including tablet PCs.
Of course, by this point, Apple had also released the iPhone, which allows its users to make calls in addition to listen to music, play games and perform other functions.
"Feature creep is the proliferation of features in a product such as computer software. Extra features go beyond the basic function of the product and so can result in baroque over-complication rather than simple, elegant design. Apple's abandoned Copland operating system is an example of this." (Taken from Wikipedia)