COMPONENTIZATION OF MOBILE DEVICES

1 . A componentized mobile device, comprising:

at least two components that perform at least a first and second proper subset of full functionality for the mobile device, respectively, the full functionality including transceiver communications, power, processing, memory, input and output; and

a communications interface for communicating between the at least two components for providing the full functionality of the mobile device.

2 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is by wireless means.

3 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the components is embedded in or proximate to a piece of jewelry.

4 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the components is embedded in or proximate to at least one of a garment or fashion accessory.

5 . The mobile device of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the components is embedded in footwear and the functionality of the component embedded in the footwear includes at least power, processing, and non-volatile memory.

6 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the components is embedded in a protected article of clothing.

7 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two components are manufactured by at least two disparate hardware manufacturers.

8 . The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two components comprise at least three components, and the communication interface comprises at least two disparate communication interfaces such that a first communication interface is used to communicate among a first set of components and at least a second communication interface is used to communicate among another set of components.

9 . The mobile device of claim 1 , further comprising a non-portable component that performs supplemental functionality for the mobile device and a communications interface for communicating between at least one component of the mobile device and the non-portable component to facilitate utilization of the supplemental functionality.

10 . A method for use in connection with a mobile device, comprising:

performing at least a first and second proper subset of functionality for the mobile device by at least two separate components, respectively, the first and second subset of functionality including any one or more of functionality of a transceiver communications, power, processing, non-volatile memory, input or output; and

communicating between the at least two components enabling an integrated superset of the first and second subset of functionality for the mobile device.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the communicating between the at least two components comprises communicating wirelessly.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the performing of the at least a first and second proper subset of functionality for the mobile device by at least two separate components comprises performing at least a first and second proper subset of functionality for the mobile device by at least two separate components located proximate to a body of a user.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the communicating between the at least two components comprises communicating via wired means, the wired means is at least one of Ethernet, Universal System Bus connections, or Firewire.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the performing of at least a first and second proper subset of functionality for the mobile device comprises performing the functionality of non-volatile memory in one component of the at least two components.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the performing of at least a first and second proper subset of functionality for the mobile device comprises performing the functionality of substantially all of the processing in one component of the at least two components.

16 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

detecting if a non-portable component is available to supplement functionality of the mobile device; and

when the non-portable component is available, communicating with the non-portable component to supplement the functionality of the mobile device.

17 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising adding an additional component to the mobile device to supplement the functionality of the mobile device without restarting one or more components of the mobile device.

18 . A computing device system comprising:

at least two means proximate to a body of a user that each perform a subset of functionality for a mobile device, the functionality including transceiver communications, power, processing, non-volatile memory, input and output;

a communications means for communicating between the at least two means proximate to a body of a user such that full functionality of the mobile device is provided;

at least one non-portable means for providing supplemental functionality to the mobile device; and

a communication means for communicating between the non-portable means and at least one of the at least two means proximate to the body of the user.

19 . The computing system of claim 18 , wherein the non-portable means is at least one of a television, computer monitor, telephone or printer.

20 . The computing system of claim 18 , wherein the communications means for communicating between the non-portable means uses a different type of communication than the communications means for communicating between the at least two means proximate to the body of the user.