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Is User Apathy About Smartphones Becoming Apparent?

Posted on May 21, 2008

I've written before that I had my doubts about the supposed conversionof the world's mobile population to smartphones. And in particular,that many supposed smartphone shipment graphs include the use oflocked-down smartphone OS's in places like Japan, and smartphonesbought just because the user liked the looks of a device, rather than caring about the software.(Noteto US readers: many people buy smartphones in Europe because they'reNokias (NOK) or high-end SonyEricssons (SNE) and have nice design / camera / musicfunctions - but neither know nor care that they're smart . Many NokiaN95 owners ...

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