How would you like to have one device that combines the best features of a GPS, an MP3 player, a digital camera and a smart phone?

That's the scenario currently being enjoyed by 17 million iPhone users, but it comes at a hefty price. What about the rest of us who don't want to pay big bucks every month for the iPhone's AT&T data plan?

Thankfully, 2009 is poised to be the year of the smart phone as Swiss Army knife. They will have functions for just about everything you could want.

A recent Wall Street Journal article detailed what's in store, including the fact that GPS manufacturer Garmin is readying a new line of mobile phones for release later this year.

Elsewhere, Clark also read that Google is getting ready for the second generation of its Gphone.

What a concept. A device that's good for web surfing, e-mailing, as a music player, as a GPS and, by the way, it's a phone too! This will now be affordable for the rest of us non-iPhone users.