How hard is counting?

Two market research firms can't seem to count... well actually that isn't the problem, the problem is that they can't agree on how to define the handheld market. While this is kind of fun to joke about, it highlights an increasing trend in the consumer technology field of convergence. Your competitors today will not necessarily be your competitors tomorrow. It is increasingly important for firms to think about the long term direction of their products and how the dynamics of the industry will change as new competition emerges from convergence.