Fall is the best time of year: the bugs are gone, it is warm, but not hot (in New England at least), and gadgets are all pimping to get you to buy them as holiday presents. This year’s announcements are different though. The big question this year is, “Has convergence killed gadgets?” My short answer: more »

Tough times call for tough actions. It seems in light of all the economic bad news, lower income folks are ditching gadgets to have just one: the iPhone 3G. Who needs two iPods? Who needs a netbook? Who needs a home phone line?

Indeed, one could argue the iPhone is just a tethering application away from ditching your home line, your broadband connection, your cable or satellite company, heck — even books are not able to escape all the niches Apple’s wonder child can get its hands on. My thinking here is tethering would allow you to use your laptop/desktop via the iPhones 3G connection, so you can ditch the $25 per month + for broadband.

See how many folks continue to flock to the iPhone, ditching other gadgets.