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    SanDisk co-founder and CEO Eli Harari continues to fight the good fight against Apple's iPod juggernaut, but even he's starting to look toward the future.

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    With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.

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    The Nokia 6510 is ready to go for m-commerce and GPRS, but still has problems with the screen.

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    Step aside 8210, Nokia's got a new 'blue toy' on the loose - the Nokia 8250.

  • Nokia N96

    It's a little slimmer and it has loads of storage, but Nokia's latest flagship model has little to justify its top-shelf price tag.

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