mobile tech is getting better.. but still isn't there for a while yet.. why ?
 
1)tactile.. I use tablets and well it's not the same as having sliders
2)cpu power.. it's not there yet , far from it
3)drive space... even my laptop has issues with sample libs being so big..
 
mobile maybe the future.. but at the moment the OS for examples for computers are suffering as a result for niche markets like music making.
 
everyone being so exclusive to apple stuff = bad news.. look what happened when they bought emagic out.. cause n effect.
 

My iPhone 4S camera does me just fine. I'm constantly blown away by the quality of the photos it takes. Especially if you do a little processing with a free app like Snapseed...a little contrast correction, a little white balancing, a little sharpening...amazing! Of course I'm not taking any long distance landscapes with it, most of the snaps I take are at relative close range in the city. Anyway, the quality of the composition is way more important than the quality of the camera. If you know how to frame a subject, a good phone camera does fine.

To be honest the quality on my old Leica D-lux isn't that much better. Only this time, I'm not constantly wishing I'd brought my camera with me, it's alway in my pocket. And no more messing with memory cards, I can upload photos as I take them. I think phone cameras are only going to get better.

Different tools...
 
My old iPhone 3G's camera sucks. My wife's more recent 4S is much, much better. More than enough. It's not a replacement for a big expensive camera, and I don't think any one should claim it is. 
 
On the other hand, we don't plan on doing any work for National Geographic anytime soon, and I don't think we'd ever considering putting hundred of dollars on a camera. As an Average Joe's camera, designed to quickly capture memories, it's actually quite good. 
 
As for tablets, considering that some of them can now be docked and "become" a laptop, the line begins to blur a bit. But at any rate, making music isn't monolithic - you can be capturing ideas or making edits or mangling loops or whatever.
 
Back in the days, when you had a song idea you didn't sit there and wait until you could book time at Abbey Road - you'd use a tape deck or an open reel machine, and drum machines and whatever you could. These days, phones and tablets can do that and much more, w/ the advantage of being usable as part of a much bigger set up.
 
Imagine folks ripping that Sony reel-to-reel machine that Hendrix used to record on all the time because it wasn't a real studio or something.
 
If Hendrix was around, I'm sure he'd use anything he can put his hands on to record ideas, including phones and tablets. He'd see them as additional ways to channel his creativity instead of focusing on their limitations and what they cannot do...

MakeShift
I am finding that I am using my iPhone and IPad more to assist me with song writing. I tried carrying around a note pad for a while to quickly jot things down, but I found that when I needed it, I didn't have it with me. It seems like most of the phrases or lyrics that I use in my songs come to me when I am not really expecting them. Convenience is king, and having the ability to quickly voice record a sentence or phrase in the voice recorder or the notes section has saved many quick phrases that I would have normally lost before I could get to a scratch pad.

I am finding that I am using more of the song writing apps as well and the near rhyming apps in particular for assistance. I don't see more tools in the tool box as a problem and I have started to look for ways to use new technology to assist me in what I already do.

As far as cameras, I still love and use my DSLR Nikons. However, my iPhone has saved my butt on the occasion that I am not lugging the Nikon with me. I have been known to use both while shooting as well. I often slip in a shot with the iPhone while shooting with the Nikon. Sometimes it even comes out better. I guess I never had any issues with clinging to old technology or old cars.

Exactly, I have a Nikon D5100 and a few different lenses, lights and recording rig for my video productions, but on the go nothing beats my Samsung Galaxy S4. I record song ideas on the go and email them to myself to work on them when I get home. Even short beat ideas I can email and continue in my DAW at home. Its the convenience factor. Not to mention the convenience performing with a touch screen, being able to change chord sheets easily, control vocal effects or even playing keys being able to switch sounds easily.

Here's an example of my iPhone 4S camera at work - a quick indoor snap taken of a sphinx cat. There was just one lamp on in the room. OK so it's not professional quality, but for a quick indoor shot taken on a phone (I didn't even try and hold the camera steady), I think it's pretty good. At the very least, it's infinitely better than any of the indoor family snaps that were taken on film cameras of a similar price range when I was growing up 
 

Nice shot for a camera. Looks like he's sittin' on a scratch pad.

sharke
Here's an example of my iPhone 4S camera at work - a quick indoor snap taken of a sphinx cat. There was just one lamp on in the room. OK so it's not professional quality, but for a quick indoor shot taken on a phone (I didn't even try and hold the camera steady), I think it's pretty good. At the very least, it's infinitely better than any of the indoor family snaps that were taken on film cameras of a similar price range when I was growing up 
 

You have a sphinx?!! I so want one of these. 
 
When and where I grew up, these were the kind of cameras you'd see most of the time.

 
Considering that that's what the iPhone's camera replaces, there isn't much to be said against its quality...

Rain

sharke
Here's an example of my iPhone 4S camera at work - a quick indoor snap taken of a sphinx cat. There was just one lamp on in the room. OK so it's not professional quality, but for a quick indoor shot taken on a phone (I didn't even try and hold the camera steady), I think it's pretty good. At the very least, it's infinitely better than any of the indoor family snaps that were taken on film cameras of a similar price range when I was growing up 
 

You have a sphinx?!! I so want one of these. 
 
When and where I grew up, these were the kind of cameras you'd see most of the time.

 
Considering that that's what the iPhone's camera replaces, there isn't much to be said against its quality...

Sphinx isn't mind unfortunately. She's really sweet though - I didn't think I would like sphinxes because they feel weird, but once you get past the feel of their skin they're actually really nice kitties 
 
Yeah I think we had one of those cameras. They took pretty crap shots, but of course people are going out of their way to put their photos through "crap shot" filters these days because it looks retro. 

that Yamaha QY10 was the first electronic device I ever had for music,brings back memories.before settling down I was 25 years on the road. That mobile device led me to all the desktop stuff years latter.Mobile tools were a gateway for me

 
A one time cost of $17.99 gets your song ideas down and you don't have to open an email app on your $600/year phone-o-matic.
 

 
4GB USB Portable Digital Voice Recorder Flash Drive Memory
 
"It can start recording by sliding a switch so you can record audio easily."