We'd all but forgotten that National Geographic runs a little phone business on the side through a retailer partner, but yeah, it does -- and after a couple years of forgettable hardware, things are starting to get interesting.

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Going to take a couple of years before the next gong, yeah.

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Inside the bag was a pair of gym shorts, an old T-shirt, a couple CDs (yes, I still have them), my car keys and, oh yeah, my laptop.

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We hit up a Sony Ericsson product rep at this week's Apple Expo in Paris (yeah, it's not just Apple people in attendance), who with a little prodding confirmed for us a couple of rumors about some of their upcoming 3G phones.

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