MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY

Just got a new mobile phone. Unusually, I managed to do it without having to sit through the long spiel about all the whistles and bells you can have on your handset these days. What is it with multifunctionality? When Alexander Graham Bell launched the telephone, no one complained that you couldn't take a photo with the darn thing. Nowadays, every gadget seems to be judged on how many functions it has. I expect any day now I'll overhear someone boring on about how they've wi-fi on their ironing board.