Neither side's arguments are without self-interest, observes David Fraley of Gartner Dataquest, a market-research firm.

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According to Gartner Dataquest, Nokia increased its market share from 30.6% in 2000 to 35% last year.

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Gartner Dataquest, a market-research company, reckons one in four employees in America worked from home for at least one day a week last year.

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Gartner Dataquest analyst Todd Hanson says Bluetooth may have limited applications for businesses, and that it isn't likely to replace Wi-Fi for use in local area networks.

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Worldwide, sales of mobile phones have fallen to just below 400m in 2001, representing the first-ever decline in the industry, according to Gartner Dataquest, a research group.

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Market Research Firm Gartner Dataquest estimates that while there were 130 million PCs sold last year, consumers bought slightly more than 8 million Zip drives, 3 million fewer than in 1999.

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Despite its beautiful machines, its smart and entertaining advertising, its retail stores and its compelling argument that its platform is simply better than Windows, Apple's share of the computing world continues to slide, and now stands at less than 3% globally, according to Gartner Dataquest estimates.

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