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Microsoft fails to learn iPhone lessons

Microsoft fails to learn iPhone lessons

News Mobile & Telco

Microsoft has ignored the weight of public opinion when it comes to mobile phones and announced that the first version of its new mobile operating system will be lacking in two vital areas. When Apple launched the iPhone way back when, two of the most common short-fallings complained about by Apple naysayers were the device's lack of multitasking for third party applications, and its inability to copy and paste chunks of text. Apple has long since fixed the text...



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