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Fri 11 Nov 2009Microsoft risks losing its grip in smartphone revolution
What matters is that there’s a fight in the industry, and a new phase of clever development
THE MORE I watch it, the more I think the future of mobile phones is going to echo the ecology of the early PC world. In this rematch, the old slow-moving giant IBM will be played by Nokia. Agile, innovative Apple will be played, once again, by Apple. But the real $64 billion question is – who plays Microsoft? I’m betting Google, but I could be wrong. I am sure of one thing: if the old Microsoft doesn’t pull its finger out, it won’t have any starring role at all.
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