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I don't think any of that is too far-fetched.

1) GPS systems are already being replaced with built-in car systems that have wireless and probably Android or some other base OS ... or people's smartphones. So this one is already self-evident.

2) e-readers are still popular for those who like to read as its easier on the eyes than tablets. however, as more tablets reduce in size and technology improves, what you'll see is a tablet that can present a e-ink type of display as well as normal tablet display. Making stand-alone e-readers a thing of the past. Amazon's latest kinda shows this transition of e-reader simply morphing into a tablet.

3) smart phones are reducing in price and variety at an lighting pace. Feature phones will surely die to cheap limited smartphones as time moves on. Its already harder to buy decent feature phones as they are becoming less and less of the carriers offered items.

4) low-end digital cameras makes no sense really. There will always be a "low-end" device of any market. However, if they mean that they will be replaced by phones in general... well yes that makes sense as I have no intention of every buying a stand-alone camera due to the capabilities of phones and I'm sure most users are the same. However, people who will want a specific use device for best possible shots will still buy a camera only and there will always be a low-end camera.

5)DVD players... duh.

6) Cd/DVD/Blurays/etc... I don't know about this in 10 years. Blurays may still be around however, they will definitely be on their way out as digital delivery and cloud storage replaces current standards.

7) Game consoles... This is different in many cases as manufacturers will still want to capitalize on a hardware/software relationship. So I dont' see Nintendo or Sony stopping the production of some sort of hardware device that they license game publication for in the next 10 years. It would take a complete stand of 3rd parties to push them out of this business model and I am not sure that will happen quite yet. Maybe as it is evidenced by Nintendo's push with 3DS and WiiU to be more similar in core functionality to others than different as in the Wii/DS. (i.e. the base core exists across all with a few extras)