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[Eric]

c2,

<< You're right, it was the promise of "millions and millions" of GPRS handsets by the fall of '01 that Nokia screwed up, not millions of EDGE terminals in '02. So many Nokia screwups, I get confused. >>

I noticed the confusion. <g>

On January 31, 2001, Jorma said millions and you heard "millions and millions," which was better than the "tens of millions" one of our threadmates attributed to him.

Nokia shipped millions of GPRS handsets by the the skin of its teeth in 2001 and you were looking for "millions and millions."

"Millions and millions" (4 million) is the number of 1xEV-DO subscribers that Dick Grannis recently said that the Koreans expect to have at the end of the year. Now while that's a long way from what IMJ considers "commercial viability," that would be a nice target to reach.

"Millions and millions," is also about the number of balls I've plunked in ponds over the years.

- Eric -