“You're witnessing the birth of a third major computer platform: Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone.”

—  David Pogue

" Hello BlackBerry, Meet the iPhone http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/technology/personaltech/13pogue-email.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin," The New York Times, March 13, 2008.

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