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The Private Universe: Reliability is a big virtue in the brave new world of small devices.

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As I type this, the debate rages on whether the BlackBerry service will cease to exist as we know it. As of press time, a judge had refused to issue an order of injunction against BlackBerry maker RIM in its ongoing patent infringement battle with NTP Inc., giving users at least another 30 days to feed their addiction.

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            Queue  Volume 4, Issue 3
            Purpose-built Systems
            April 2006
            37 pages
            ISSN:1542-7730
            EISSN:1542-7749
            DOI:10.1145/1127854
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