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People were apparently switching their brains off before joining the 3G iPhone queues, so it's somewhat surprising that considering an appropriate amount of storage was quite a high priority for many buyers.
Worldwide sales of external disk storage systems hit US$3.5 billion in the second quarter, up 8 percent from the same period a year ago, according to research firm IDC.
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