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Posted on February 19
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Microsoft phones home
With the desktop and the Web browser locked-up—and established beachheads in the TV, PDA, and gaming console worlds—Microsoft jumped into the cellphone market today by unveiling “recipes”, including PhonePC, that let manufacturers quickly build wireless components (like Net access) into their phones. Nokia, Motorola, and Ericsson are all offering their own flavours of this technology.