The concept of splitting communications functionality can save you a lot of money when you travel, regardless of the location.

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It might just be a matter of time until advances in miniaturization make wearable cellphones a lot more feasible, but in the interim Motorola is working on splitting up the phone up a handful of different devices (possibly using IXI's Personal Mobile Gateway technology, though the article doesn't specifically say).

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But he said he was against one of the key issues the ICB is examining - that of splitting a bank's retail operations from its investment arm - saying that a lot of the banking sector's problems were caused by simple bad investment decisions.

BBC: Richard Lambert