WIRELESS: Redundancy is repetitive

THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN having just one simple, all-in-one wireless device. Unless of course, it’s having a backup. That seems to be one of the conclusions to be drawn from a report by In-Stat, the high-tech market research firm. While the conventional wisdom in the wireless industry is that consumers seek a single wireless device with multiple capabilities built into the handset, studies show most users carry redundant devices, In-Stat reports. For example, more than 15% of people carry two wireless phones, the firm says. “Eighty percent of the people who have a camera phone say they regularly carry their...