This ruling is very disappointing to the Cupertino firm, in the sense that only 2 claims relating to only one patent have been recognized as true by the ITC, out of dozens relating to 10 patents that formed the initial filling of Apple.

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If Apple started filling the education channel with iPad2s, it would simply, totally and forever more pre-empt competition.

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And Japanese electronics stores are filling up with smartphones from Apple and Samsung.

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Annual smartphone sales saw a more familiar pecking order, with Samsung, Apple, Nokia, HTC and RIM filling the lead positions.

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No mystery there: Analysts estimate that Apple orders composed 30% to 40% of Synaptics' sales--filling the customer basket with too few eggs is a common hazard for small companies (see p. 182).

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Ballmer's presentation came two days after a similar, high-profile keynote at the Macworld show in San Francisco by Apple, Microsoft's chief rival, and its vice president Philip Schiller, filling in for the ailing Steve Jobs.

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