Perhaps, beyond the PIM features, PDAs have simply suffered from the jack-of-all-trades problem.

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While similar gadgets like Scanadu (also at CES) focused solely on health, NODE wants to be a jack-of-all-trades sensor.

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In the highly specialized world of scientific research, Khosla is a rare jack-of-all-trades, fluent in chemistry, genetics, engineering and microbiology.

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You know the old saying about the jack-of-all-trades.

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It's been almost a full year since we first spotted the Swiss Army Phone better known as the iPaq hw6900, and after endless teasing and false starts, Cingular will finally start selling this highly-anticipated jack-of-all-trades starting on October 31st.

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Like (and indeed inspired by) nineteenth-century men of letters, Smith is a jack of all artistic trades, and, unusually, a master of most.

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