With the convergence of devices, Verizon’s entry into the home hub market seems promising. With more and more folks moving from traditional land lines to VoIP or cell phones, the big telcos are having to find a way to reinvent the home phone. Call this a super phone: You can check traffic, find other Verizon customers on a map, watch movie trailers — basically everything you’ve been doing on your mobile phone in a home package. But I can imagine when these devices will also find a home in the business world, too.
I imagine being able to focus on your PowerPoint documents on your itty-bitty 14″ laptop screen with the computer all while relegating the resource-hogging Outlook’s function to your phone where communication should be centered anyway. And to be able to text from your desktop phone, to me, is pretty cool.
It’ll be a while before it’s adopted fully, I am sure, if it ever takes off. But it’s a strong possibility. Throw in a femtocell in that badboy and maybe we’ll switch to Verizon again… 
I haven’t had a home line for three years. I thought phones should have had texting capabilities years ago when it first came out on cell phones. I think this will be a failed attempt at evolving. I think its too late. I would rather use my iPhone than this. My iPhone has more growing potentials.
Its about portability, look at the evolving laptops, netbooks, etc. We don’t want to be locked inside anymore with our technologies.
Totally agree with you, Chad. I haven’t had a phone line for many years. But, there will be for some time a number of people who just can’t give up their home lines. I know we’ll finally break the tether. Not everyone’s ready for an all-in-one mobile device, especially when you have to plunk down $100 a month for it. Not a lot of people see the value… But they will!
I agree with you, Don. There will still be some laggers or people that will not “need” the services on a homeline nor on a “smart” phone. As towards the $100 / month plan for iPhones, etc. the price will go down. I don’t enjoy the cost of having my iPhone, but it does prove itself worth the money.