It beat Synaptics to the first cell phone design, in a high-end Motorola handset.

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It beat Synaptics to the first cell phone design.

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Syracuse reached its first Final Four since 2003, when it beat Kansas to win its only national championship.

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It's the first UI to beat Nokia's Series 40 for ease of use.

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If Leeds manage to beat Manly in the World Club Challenge it would make them the first team in the 33-year history of the match to be crowned world champions in consecutive years after they defeated Melbourne Storm 11-4 at Elland Road last year.

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It's the first of many seismic shocks a marriage takes, and it's worth taking a beat to let it settle in.

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Of course, for the Scots to clinch a coveted play-off spot, it's highly likely they will first need to overcome the odds and beat the Dutch at Hampden.

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It was Federer's first loss on indoor hard courts since the Argentine rallied to beat him at the Masters Cup in Shanghai nearly two years ago.

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"It's been up and down all year and we went away to Wigan and got beat, but after we went ahead 1-0 today it was the first time I thought that the title was ours, " he added.

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