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LOS ANGEES, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Cell phones have become smarter in the past years with its function almost matching a computer, and in the smartphone revolution(革命), Apple's iPhone is a latecomer but has become a rising star, Android Google phone is getting the upper hand, while Windows Mobile, the early bird, has become a loser.
The battle for the smartphone(智能手机) market seems like a Marathon. Those who started earlier were not necessarily the winner.
According to Wikipedia, in 2001 Microsoft announced its Windows CE Pocket PC OS and the next year it was offered as "Microsoft Windows Powered Smartphone 2002."Microsoft originally defined its Windows Smartphone products as lacking a touchscreen and offering a lower screen resolution compared to its sibling1 Pocket PC devices.
In early 2002 Handspring released the Palm OS Treo smartphone, utilizing2 a full keyboard that combined wireless3 web browsing4, email, calendar, and contact organizer with mobile third-party applications that could be downloaded or synced with a computer.
In 2002 RIM5 released the first BlackBerry which was the first smartphone optimized6 for wireless email use and had achieved a total customer base of 32 million subscribers by December 2009.
In 2007 Nokia launched the Nokia N95 which integrated a wide range of features into a consumer-oriented smartphone: GPS, a 5- megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, 3G and wi-fi connectivity and TV-out. In the next few years these features became standard on high-end smartphones.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
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sibling
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n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹) | |
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utilizing
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v.利用,使用( utilize的现在分词 ) | |
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wireless
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adj.无线的;n.无线电 | |
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browsing
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v.吃草( browse的现在分词 );随意翻阅;(在商店里)随便看看;(在计算机上)浏览信息 | |
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rim
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n.(圆物的)边,轮缘;边界 | |
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optimized
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adj.最佳化的,(使)最优化的v.使最优化,使尽可能有效( optimize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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