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Essays from February 2008

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  1. Nokia is missing the bus, why the N96 is not good enough

    Disruptive technologies don’t always come with revolutionary new technology or feature-packed packages. And this is no different with the iPhone/Nokia debate going on today after Nokia failed to impress with the announcement of the N96 multimedia phone. The fact is that Nokia is missing the bigger point and the proverbial bus. One year after the …

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