Is iPod angling to be device du jour?. Apple Computer's digital music player could begin to mature into a handheld and maybe more, say analysts and Mac enthusiasts. But Apple itself is saying don't get carried away. [CNET News.com: Personal Technology]

Given that Jobs has come out in the past and publicly blasted people for using Palm devices, I highly doubt that we'll be seeing iPods as fully blown PDAs any time soon. However I do see a time in the near future, when color high res LCD or OLED price points get low enough, that we will see an iPod that has a color screen and the ability to playback video that is either stored on the device or streamed from a bluetooth connection. Ideally I'd like to see an iPod as a mini video editor/photo viewer, with an optional keyboard connection or Newton-like handwriting interface that allows you to mark up/tag your data in the field, speeding editing once you get back to your desktop/laptop.

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