Some of the technology out their baffles me as to why it exists. This would be one example. Another one would be my cell phone .. it has a camera in it. Because of this, it is twice as big as it should be and when it's in my pocket it looks like I overdosed on viagra. I hate it!! I don't want a camera in my phone, if I wanted to take pictures I'd buy a camera!!
They're dousing for untapped revenue streams :)
What I find amusing are the attempts to inject excitement and demand into an already over-done subject.
As for the camera phone thing, I can relate. Even worse are the PDA/Phones (Treo, etc). You wind up with a mediocre at best PDA and a phone that's too large to fit comfortably into a pocket.
I prefer my plain-jain Motorolla phone and Handspring Visor PDA. They have excellent battery life and perform their respective tasks with the least amount of hassle.