>> You can get 7.1 surround sound, mpeg encoders and decoders, and hardware 
>> accelerated 3D in cell phones nowadays, dear. :-)
>
> What would be the point though?

Not sure about the 7.1 sound, but being able to record and view movie clips 
is pretty useful.  The point of hardware 3D acceleration is the same as for 
desktop and laptop machines, it allows you to get higher quality visuals 
than is possible in software without an insanely clocked CPU.  Pick up one 
of the latest mobile phones, you'll see that a lot have some sort of 3D game 
coming as standard (mine has 3D rally or some sort).  The graphics look like 
it's running on a PC without a 3D accelerator (no texture filtering with 
very low detail models).  I'm sure that will improve.

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