Taking down the Apple and Google smartphone duopoly

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"If apps were taken out of the equation, would you consider buying a Palm Pre? What about a BlackBerry Torch? Or a Windows Phone?

"Today, a smartphone is really only as good as the applications that run on it. And despite what Nokia (NOK) CEO Stephen Elop says, that battle has really become a two-horse race between Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) and Google (GOOG, Fortune 500)."

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