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Replace "phone" with a channel in unified communications and you have what is already happening in the post pc era. Look at tablets that use something like Totkumi's Line2 for a soft VOIP device over 3g/4g/wireless/voice and this is where we're headed. The small, handheld device that is currently called a phone(now smartphone) will in short order be the single device we use. Plug the phone into your dock and you've got your computer(such as current Motorolas).

Laptops and tablets are already being used in certain school districts and required as such. Convincing the mobile phone providers that we only need IP access and not expensive monthly phone bills is going to be one ugly battle. Hence, my asking who's going to cover the subscription costs until this becomes settled and normal. And relying on someone like Google to make this "free" while becoming my child's identity provider is not OK.