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		at-fates-hands on Sept 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nokia acquired by Microsoft >>>> Exactly, smartphones were relatively rare before 2005 Actually DoComo pretty much made the smartphone what it is today. Japan was selling "smartphones" way back in 2001. It was the incredible revenues they generated that got the attention of US carriers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1835821.stm

JVIDEL on Sept 4, 2013 [–]

That's one country, out of the entire world.

Smartphones were less rare in Europe before 2005, but still there.

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