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The Observer and GigaOM reveal the Google Phone, a device currently early in development that will integrate many of Google's services in a mobile manner. It is not expected to be released before 2008.

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RE[4]: Makes Sense

by zegenie on Sun 17th Dec 2006 13:21 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Makes Sense"

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2005-12-31

In The Netherlands, for instance, MSN has a 99.99% marketshare, and chatting is not called instant messaging or something similar, no, it's called "MSN'ing". I kid you not. AIM, ICQ, Y! are all non-existant here.

Which is also true for Norway, and as you say - probably most other european countries as well.

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RE[5]: Makes Sense

by Kroc on Sun 17th Dec 2006 13:35 in reply to "RE[4]: Makes Sense"

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2005-11-10

And the UK too. MSN is literally a verb. AIM is absolutely unheard of.

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RE[6]: Makes Sense

by Adurbe on Sun 17th Dec 2006 13:58 in reply to "RE[5]: Makes Sense"

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2005-07-06

ill second that

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RE[5]: Makes Sense

by Doc Pain on Mon 18th Dec 2006 14:01 in reply to "RE[4]: Makes Sense"

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2006-10-08

From my personal experience - I live in Germany - the central european countries' Hans W. Averages tend to prefer ICQ over MSN. "What's your UIN?" is a popular question. Furthermore, Jabber and PSI (that supports many IM types) and even IRC are used for IM purposes, but only by the higher educated ones who know what they're doing. :-)

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