Several gadgets and one SIM

NTT DoCoMo has created a prototype of what they call a modular phone. It has one inexpensive handset that you can dock into more advanced hardware, like a game device, a slider phone, a device with a QUERTY keyboard and more.

Read the short article.

This is a concrete example of an ide I have had for a possible future solution where you have a SIM that identify you and license you to access the network and other things. The SIM is package into some small gadget that you dock into whatever larger gadget you want to use but need to identify yourself to be autorized to e.g. use the network.

Maybe it is not hardware docking - like the DoCoMo solution - but some kind of "over the air" docking. This might also allow several devices to be autorized at the same time.