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Austin American Statesman

Devices that do everything will star

January 03, 2006

Austin "Manufacturers can put so many more functions on a single chip now than they ever could," said Kurt Scherf, principal analyst at Dallas-based tech research company Parks Associates.

"So instead of just having a DVD player with a button that says 'Play,' you can now have one with . . . network connectivity, the ability to communicate with storage devices around your home" and other features, for about the same price as a bare-bones DVD player a few years ago.

From the article "Devices that do everything will star," by Bob Keefe.

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