As the train rounds the northwest corner, it passes the large transit hub of Ikebukuro, comparatively quiet Meijiro and the student haunt of Takadanobaba.

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The device maker was quiet at Mobile World Congress and has no large, public event planned for CTIA. HTC saved its big news (its first tablet and a number of new smartphones) for Mobile World Congress.

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And the answer, simply and obviously, is that Apple is just too large an organisation to be able to keep things quiet.

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And, like all employees who have sold a large chunk of his integrity in return for a quiet life, he'll expect something back for it.

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It's quiet and comfortable, and brings to mind lonely walks down cobbled streets, or a large feather bed on a rainy afternoon, or maybe a long-distance phone commercial.

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