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Dialed In 180: Happy birthday, iPhone!

This week, the Dialed In crew wishes the iPhone a happy fourth birthday, pitches Microsoft on five ways to improve, forecasts the first Nokia-made Microsoft phones, and considers HTC's socially aware Android smartphone.

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It was four years ago today that Kent slaved late into the night to review the first-ever iPhone. (He still remembers it with grueling clarity.)

Fast-forwarding to today, Poor Bonnie no longer has a phone named in her honor, as HTC and AT&T rebrand the Facebook-centric ChaCha as the HTC Status. This week, we also take up Windows Phone 7.5, pitching Microsoft on five weak spots it needs to improve before its mobile platform can really succeed. We then ponder Stephen Elop's judgment slip in quickly telling journalists not to film what could end up being Nokia's first Windows Phone. On that note, we have a few opinions of our own about Nokia's strengths and weaknesses in this area.

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