Smartphone vs Laptop

I've been discussing about the pros and cons of a Smartphone and a Laptop with many of my friends who , according to me , are technically sound. Some convinced me to buy a Smartphone and some a laptop and a few ,like my mom , wife , and sister advised me to stick with my e61i and dell vostro 1400 coz' they have been serving me good for the past 2 yrs without a single crash , which is quiet surprising coz' i want to replace them and i need a good enough reason to trash them. Why am i thinking so much? coz' upgrading the configuration of either of them isnt possible and getting a new piece that serves my needs would cost no less than 20k.  This is like those incidents where you desperately want something to happend it would never happen until you give up.

After all the brainstorming sessions, reviews that i've read , products that i have tested hands-on, you-tubing, I finally came to a conclusion that I would buy a laptop or may be a smaller and less bulkier version of it  'netbook'. The factors considered here are :

1. Speed- No matter how 'high-end' the configuration of a smart phone is , it lacks in speed when compared to a laptop. This is noticeable when you switch between applications. The simplest being closing an application and making a call - which is the basic functionality of a phone. The time lag is significant and annoying. This is something logical , is'nt anything compromised when you crouch the laptop into a smart phone that fits in your pocket.

2. Multi-tasking- I would be glad if i could browse , listen to music and text-chat without having to wait while switching between applications in any smartphone. On the contrary , i could do all of them in a laptop. I guess it rings sufficient bells!

3.Keyboard - QWERTY keyboards on smart phones don't cater to all my typing needs as typing on them is time consuming when compared to the conventional keyboard. One could say that we can attach an external keyboard. But , isn't that additional baggage?

4. Weight - I understand that weight is an issue with laptops , but look at what you are able to do with that additional kilo or two. You can surf the net and open any site you want , be it flash or java or anything, you can listen to music , watch videos , play high-end games , burn dvds , make and give presentations and make and take calls etc etc. I , personally wouldn't mind carrying something that does all this, even though it's a little bulky.

5. Data storage - None of the smart phones that i know can accommodate more that 64gb at max. It's entirely different when it comes to a laptop. One can have additional memory by connecting various external devices directly.

I see that a lot a money is being pumped into touting the smart phones. I am not against buying a smartphone. I already own one , nokia e61i. But , I somehow feel that a phone is best utilized to make and take calls and to exchange short messages (SMS).Clubbing too many goodies into a small box wont do good to every goodie...:)

Hope this helps!