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" Everybody's trying to repeat the past with the new network, with new devices and new tools. Why not make something brand-new? "
Om Malik
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" Camera companies, like traditional phone manufacturers, dismissed the iPhone as a toy when it launched in 2007. Nokia thought that the iPhone used inferior technology; the camera makers thought that it took lousy pictures. Neither thought that they had anything to worry about. "
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