Mobile phones go scalp hunting: The Red List

Gsmarena have posted an article called: Mobile phones go scalp hunting: The Red List. Here are the final words from the article.

All right then, it’s an open-ended story and the most logical question would be who’s next. The list of endangered species is likely to grow longer but it doesn’t have to be gadgets only. Aren’t privacy and proper manners on the phone’s kill list already?

We may think we know what’s next in mobile phones. Imaging has evolved enough to unsettle some low-end digicams and camcorders. Projector phones are coming up, there’s motion-based gaming, location-based services have huge potential. Mobile money transfers are a huge thing on developing markets.
But this is far from spelling doom for digital cameras, game consoles or – god forbid – banks. The publishing industry has the Internet and e-book readers to worry about but good old-fashioned reading is far from extinct. Video games are cool and all but a few quiet (or less so) hours of Monopoly or Risk are still an option we’re willing to consider. Apples still have more vitamins than iPhones. Oh well, this story is to be continued…