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To: Doren who wrote (117825)	9/14/2011 3:06:29 PM
From: Lahcim Leinad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

He makes a key mistake. Yes younger people are important, but they are also probably more flexible particularly when it comes to phones. Yup. My kid is a good example. Mac does nothing for him but he adores the iPod Touch I gave him. Dad may be a total dud, but the iPod Touch is not. India, China and Brazil et al are going to be in the smart phone market. Way more important. People might not be able to afford both a phone and a computer in those countries. They can get by without a computer but not without a phone. So they will buy smart phones as a compromise. Even a small percentage of the markets of these countries will be huge. Again, yup. All those dozens of Chinese patents Apple is collecting lately are not just trophies. (g)