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Fri 02 Feb 2009Phones must be unlocked to challenge PCs' creative power
WIRED:Mobiles will be the PCs’ poor relation until they are made open-ended, writes DANNY O'BRIEN
WHAT’S THE difference between a mobile phone and a laptop? Less and less, it seems. Netbooks like the Asus Eee are growing smaller, while phones are growing keyboards and higher resolution screens. There are perpetual rumours of a table-sized iPhone, and Google’s Android mobile phone operating system is being scaled up to run on mini-laptops: chip-maker Freescale plans to use it for a $100 laptop design.
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