Every time a 'crack'berry server breaks down for two hours the business world is flipped upside-down.

Commanding a substantial global R&D investment, cell phones have become the pinnacle of technology advancement this decade - taking on an increasingly converged approach with GPS, PDA, MP3 and becoming an even more critical part of our life.

Since airports now charge travelers a per-luggage fee, laptops have become an expensive proposition for the frequent flyer making cell phones as laptop replacements an even more viable future. Bill Gates foresees cell phones that can easily connect to TVs and keyboards becoming full-fledged laptop replacements.

In the Philippines 5.5 million people already use cell phones as digital wallets and the portable MP3 player is an archaic concept.

The flip side of this new high-tech world is that your personal information (bank accounts, contacts, text messages, addresses) are in one small device that is often lost or stolen and which is constantly connected wirelessly to the web and other sources.

So much R&D has poured into the market to create the next coolest all-in-one gizmo, is anyone investing on protecting our private information? All of which will soon be stored on this one tiny device?