Something we've heard and talked about over and over again recently is that Nokia and others have all recognised that the future belongs to 'services and software' and that the hardware has become 'a commodity'. This is all a bit jargonistic and in this feature Steve explains these phrases in plain english from the point of view of the consumer.

From 2000 to 2008, it has all been about the technology - devices playing catch-up, which gadgets can do which jobs, comparing bullet spec lists, etc. But what happens next, when all devices can do all everything? What's left to do? It's a problem that all the major players are either addressing now or starting to address.

Read on in the full feature.