Yes, the lack of direction in this industry is amazing.

Sooner or later somebody will come and explode the market with a fresh device, like the first iPhone has done some time ago.

The difference will be that this time around it will be a device geared towards doing useful work and interoperability.

Let's face it -- for all its innovative features, the iPhone (and its Android clones) is first and foremost a toy, a glorified handheld gaming system.