I've definitely allowed if not encouraged cell phones and PDAs post-2000 games. Besides the uses by characters for the things mentioned I think they make great MacGuffins in adventures. A phone, PDA, or flash drive might be the target for the first episode of the adventure. Then it's get to a working computer/whatever to download the data, then it's get the data to a patron/handler to get rewarded. They're small and fairly rugged so they can survive an action filled exfiltration by the PCs but can have enough storage to contain a lot of interesting intelligence.
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