4.3” is not too large for a Smartphone (say WM and UMPC fans.)

A few months ago I took hold of the 4.1” Toshiba TG01 and said no! It’s too big for my pocket.

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M&M&Ms What IDF09 meant for Mobility.

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Moorestown. Digging a little deeper.

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Moorestown and Pinetrail graphics core thoughts. GMA500 likely.

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Moorestown MID with Wind River’s Moblin based UI demo [video]

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Viliv S10 ‘Blade’ photo set

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Update on UMID M2 pricing and availability.

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Help: Apple is making me lose my faith in other companies

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Meet:Mobility Podcast 33 now available.

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UMID M1 – well built; poorly designed

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About My Omnia Pro Smartphone Experiment.

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JKK gets the Viliv S7 and wins the race!

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Dynamism has Viliv S7 UMPC information and pricing.

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N900 Hands-on from Nokia World

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Slightly out of focus but looking very very smooth indeed. JKK and I agree that that rotation zoom gesture is horrible

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