Mobile statistics are specifically impressive in the BRICs — Brazil, Russia, India, China. China is poised to overtake the United States as the world’s largest smartphone market, and new Chinese app data suggest it has already done so.

In a recent report, BI Intelligence interviews a half-dozen mobile industry leaders and entrepreneurs on opportunities in the BRICs, breaks down how mobile-focused companies can pursue those opportunities, analyzes key mobile statistics (smartphones, app downloads, app revenue) from the BRIC countries, isolates and analyzes the four lessons that are essential to any mobile project in these markets, and looks at a case study of a successful music streaming service focused on Indian and Bollywood music.

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Here’s an overview of the 4 essentials to mobile projects in BRIC countries:

• Don’t ignore the feature phone: Market-leading apps are still keeping one foot in the feature phone market, and for an important reason: That’s where the numbers are. Smartphone penetration among Chinese mobile subscribers won’t end the year higher than 20%, according to BI Intelligence estimates.
• Work with carriers: Emerging market carriers hold the keys to two important aspects of the mobile business — network effects and billing. Billing is a challenge in emerging markets. Credit card penetration is low. Only carriers have the reach, systems, and technologies to draw payments from prepaid and postpaid mobile consumers.
• Follow the rollout of low-cost smartphones and tablets: Since many devices in these markets are purchased for prepaid plans without the help of carrier subsidies, price cuts instantly make tablets and smartphones more accessible to consumers. Smartphone prices in India have fallen 30 to 35 percent in the last three years.
• Understand Android’s dominance and its limitations: Android is the leading mobile platform in all the BRICs. Android dominance presents a challenge for app developers and publishers since the Google Play store, the main Android app store, has not proved an easy route to monetization in emerging markets. In China, there is very limited support for Google Play. Worse, app store fragmentation on Android is an even more serious problem than it is elsewhere.

• Breaks down some mobile statistics (smartphones, app downloads, app revenue) from the BRIC countries.
• Isolates and analyzes the four lessons that are essential to any mobile project in these countries.
• Looks at a case study of a successful music streaming service focused on Indian and Bollywood music.

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• They help you access the internet
• You can browse websites at any time you wish
• Get access to latest news and developments across the world
• Use social networks such as Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter etc to stay in touch with your near and dear ones
• Transfer data from and to other devices or through USB cables.
• Easy navigation
• Multiple connectivity

A smart phone is loaded with an operating system which allows the running of various applications. iPhone runs on iOS, Blackberry runs on Blackberry OS and other smart devices run using Google’s Android OS, HP’s web OS, and Microsoft’s Windows Phone. Mobile phones come loaded with some in built applications such as calendar, alarm clock, calculator, stop watch, address book etc. Nevertheless, smart phones offer advanced features. They can help you in sharing Microsoft Office documents. Advanced smart phones give you the ability to edit and create a document.

There are only some mobile phones that offer you internet access. However, when it comes to smart phones you can get unlimited web access at high speeds with 4G or 3G data networks. All smart phones offer you some form of web access. With a smart phone you can access any website at any time. Using a smart phone you can avail of the instant messaging option which is the main reason behind the success of a smart phone. Using this feature, you can get it in touch with anyone and at anytime.

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In the new Android handsets accounted for 28 per cent of the market, beating Apple’s 21 per cent but still below market leader Research in Motion (RIM), which holds 36 per cent. NPD attributes the increase to the number of vendors using the operating system, marketing campaigns and new investment in the sector.

“Recent previews of BlackBerry 6, the recently announced acquisition of Palm by HP, and the pending release of Windows Phone 7 demonstrates the industry’s willingness to make investments to address consumer demand for smartphones and other mobile devices,” said Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis for NPD.

“Carriers continue to offer attractive pricing for devices, but will need to present other data-plan options to attract more customers in the future.”

Of the major carriers AT&T had the largest slice of the smartphone market, with almost a third of its customers using advanced handsets. Verizon’s share stands at 30 per cent, with T-Mobile and Sprint at 17 and 15 per cent respectively.

Android may have problems in the future however. Apple is widely expected to unveil a new generation of iPhone next month and, if the leaks are accurate, it could well prove to be a huge hit.

Resource:
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2262773/android-handsets-outsell-iphone

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The new OS will be launched in the next calendar quarter. Some existing devices can also upgrade to 6.0 although the exact details are not yet known. Blackberry 6.0 also has a new web browser, which is capable of multiple sessions and tabbed browsing, and is based on the open source WebKit engine, which is used in iPhone, Android, and Symbian handsets.

The WebKit engine is capable of rendering HTML5, and CSS, and can be used to create applications and widgets for BlackBerry handsets.

Blackberry Bold 9650 and Blackberry pearl 3G

RIM announced two new handsets on Tuesday — the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G. RIM doesn’t like to play the spec-to-spec game against Android and iPhone offerings, which have higher resolution screens and faster processors. Compared to the iPhone 4G, whose specs have been leaked by Gizmodo, the difference is quite marked.

The Bold 9650 is the first Bold series handset for CDMA networks. It has a 3.2 MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth, an integrated optical trackpad, QWERTY keyboard, and a 480W360 resolution display. The Pearl 3G is an update of the Pearl series, and touted as the smallest BlackBerry yet. The new Pearl series supports 802.11n, and is the first handset to incorporate it.

Sleek, small and fast, RIM considers it to be the sports car of BlackBerry smartphones. The phone will be available in two keyboard versions — the Pearl 9100 which has a 20-key condensed QWERTY keypad and the 9105 one with a traditional phone keyboard with 14 keys.

Superapps

BlackBerry App World, RIM’s app marketplace for BlackBerry smartphones, was launched in March last year. It currently has 6,500 applications, and is available in six languages in 52 countries.

“We’re looking at a high level of integration and sophistication. Instead of hundreds of apps that you use once, we’re looking at creating ten applications you can’t live without,” said Mike Kirkup, director of Developer Relations, RIM, in an interview with ET.

While Blackberry’s App World is a channel for apps, it’s not the only channel. “There are non-RIM BlackBerry stores, and many ways to get in beside BlackBerry’s App World. This is a big benefit for developers,” said Mike. For example, BlackBerry apps can be downloaded from GetJar.com, which now has a solution for Reliance Communications.”

Updated mobile voice system

Blackberry also announced an update to the BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (MVS), which provides business users the ability to use their regular desk phone number and extension from their BlackBerry smartphone over cellular networks.

Expected to be available later this year, MVS version 5 will let employees make and receive enterprise calls on their BlackBerry smartphone over a Wi-Fi connection. “The interest for this solution has been incredible.

We’ve started taking steps to test MVS with a particular company in India,” said Frenny Bawa, vice-president, India, RIM.

Resource:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/hardware/RIMs-evolutionary-OS-Phone-Update/articleshow/5870374.cms

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The company also unveiled the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G, its smallest smartphone yet.

“The new BlackBerry Bold 9650 is an extraordinary smartphone that we think customers will love,” said RIM president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. “Whether at work or at play, the new BlackBerry Bold 9650 offers a truly impressive communications, multimedia and connectivity experience,” he said at the launch of the latest smartphones.

About the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G, he said, “The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is unlike any other smartphone in the world and we expect a broad range of new and existing customers will be drawn to its powerful features and compact design.”

Beside a keyboard, optical trackpad and built-in Wi-Fi, the new smartphone also allows users to talk on the phone while browsing the web or sending and receiving email.

Loaded with 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB microSDHC cards, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone supports 3G networks.

Built in stylish design with glossy black finish and chrome highlights, the new device features large high-resolution display which allows pictures, videos and web pages with great contrast and detail, the RIM statement said.

Apart from a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recording, the new BlackBerry Bold also features advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for Bluetooth.

The new BlackBerry Pearl 3G measures less than two inches wide and weighs only 93g. It also features an optical trackpad for smooth navigation, a 3.2 MP camera with flash for quality pictures, and support for up to 32 GB of personal content.

Both the new devices will support mobile applications built by third parties for RIM and carry built-in GPS with support for geo-tagging, BlackBerry Maps and other mapping applications.

“The BlackBerry Bold 9650 fuses form and function in a striking design and, in addition to providing premium phone and multimedia features, it of course delivers the industry’s leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking,” the company said in its statement.

Resource:
http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/gadgets/article411227.ece

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Google’s got good reason to viciously stake a claim in the smartphone market. Research outfit Strategy Analytics says that smartphone sales grew by a massive 30% during the fourth quarter, which ultimately helped drive Apple’s recent first-quarter results.

Tech analyst firm IDC also expects the Android system to mount a major offensive — and not just against Apple’s iPhone OS. IDC sees Google swiping at Microsoft(MSFT), Research In Motion(RIMM) and the Symbian operating system, which is championed by Nokia(NOK). IDC predicts that by 2013, Android will be the No. 2 operating system, trailing only Symbian.

Despite facing criticism from developers concerned that Android has strayed from its open-source roots, the OS is moving into other categories, including tablets and pocket-sized gadgets that fall somewhere between smartphones and mini laptops.

With Google reportedly sharing search-ad revenue with its Android carrier and handset partners, it is hardly surprising that its OS is establishing a foothold. Read on for more about five of the newest Android devices taking on Apple.

HTC EVO 4G
The world’s first 4G phone made its debut to the strains of Led Zeppelin last week, and it’s one of the most viable challengers to the iPhone.

Sold by 4G trailblazer Sprint, the EVO 4G comes with Android 2.1, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. With a large 4.3-inch high-definition screen, an 8-megapixel camera and a camcorder that is said to equal HD devices, Sprint is plugging the phone as an alternative to traditional camcorders — and even DVRs.

Speed will be the EVO 4G’s biggest selling point, although it’s no surprise that Sprint says the phone performs well on its 3G network.

The telco has not yet revealed a price tag for the EVO 4G, but Sprint promises that it will be aggressively priced when it hits the market this summer.

Samsung Galaxy S
Another phone running Android 2.1, Samsung’s Galaxy S also made its debut in Sin City. Like the EVO 4G, the Galaxy S comes with a large 4-inch high-definition screen, underlining the current obsession with crisper, sharper smartphone images.

With a 1-Ghz processor, the phone is ideal for viewing photos and videos, as well as e-books, says Samsung. The Galaxy S is less than a half-inch thick and is aimed at both consumers and business users. Samsung has yet to release pricing or availability for the new phone.

Motorola i1
Motorola describes the i1 as the world’s first push-to-talk Android smartphone. Push-to-talk, similar to a walkie-talkie service, is aimed at enterprise users, although Motorola is also hyping the i1 as a traditional smartphone.

The phone comes with a 3.1 inch touchscreen and a 5-megapixel camera, but has been built to military specifications for withstanding rain, dust, and shock.

Dell Aero

AT&T announced last week that it will soon sell Dell’s first Android smartphone, the Aero.

Precise details on the 3G device are not yet available. A note on the AT&T Web site trumpets the Aero as “the lightest Android smartphone.” With a 3.5-inch display, the Aero also contains a 5-megapixel camera. It is the second AT&T Android phone.

Kyocera Zio
Touted in the blogosphere as the lightest Android phone yet, the Kyocera Zio M6000 weighs in at just 3.7 ounces, compared to the 6-ounce HTC EVO 4G and the 4.6-ounce Motorola i1.

Available in the second quarter, the Zio M6000 marks Kyocera’s return to the smartphone space. Better known for printers and fax machines, Kyocera is pushing the new phone as a way to extend Android to a new base of customers. Low-cost specialist Cricket Communications has already announced plans to offer the phone sometime in the summer or fall timeframe.

Resource:
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10713227/1/five-android-phones-attacking-apple.html

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The growth of smartphones running Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating systems, coupled with users’ heavy application adoption, is driving smartphone traffic over wireless networks, which increased by about 193 percent between February 2009 and February 2010.

The finding comes from a March 25 AdMob report that looked to separate the network traffic between smartphones, feature phones and MIDs (mobile Internet devices) over the past year. The firm, which measures ad requests and impressions, not sales, found smartphones to account for 48 percent of AdMob’s worldwide traffic in February 2010, up from 35 percent a year earlier.

Feature phone traffic declined from 58 percent to 35 percent over the year, as more users switched to smartphones.

MID traffic, however, driven in large part by the Apple iPod touch, showed the strongest growth of the three form factors, increasing from approximately 7 percent in February 2009 to 17 percent a year later. While the Sony PSP and Nintendo DSi contributed, the iPod touch accounted for 93 percent of MID traffic.

“In absolute terms,” states the report, “mobile Internet device category traffic increased 403 percent.”

Breaking the numbers down by operating systems, Google’s Android was the fastest-growing in the AdMob network, with requests increasing from 2 percent to 24 percent over the year, thanks to the Motorola Droid, the HTC Dream, Hero and Magic and the Motorola Cliq — the five top Android devices on the network.

Nonetheless, Apple’s iPhone was the leading OS, with its requests increasing from 33 percent to 55 percent over the year, while over the same period Symbian device requests fell from 43 percent to 18 percent.

Worldwide in February 2010 alone, the iPhone OS accounted for 50 percent of smartphone requests, with Android at 24 percent, followed by Symbian with 18 percent and RIM with 4 percent. In the United States, however, Android is gaining ground on the iPhone more quickly.

While in November 2009, the iPhone was responsible for 55 percent of U.S. smartphone requests, to Android’s 27 percent, by January 2010, those numbers adjusted to 47 percent for Apple and 38 percent Android. And in February 2010, the percentages slid again toward a more even 44 percent for the iPhone OS and 42 percent for Android.

Apple, surely, has taken note of the Google OS on its heels, and analysts have suggested that Apple’s lawsuit against HTC has come at a time of pariculalry strong growth for Android, partly at the expense of the iPhone.

A March 1 report from Quantcast showed the iPhone claiming 63.7 percent of mobile Web consumption in North America in February, while Android held 15.2 percent. The figures, however, represented a 3.2 percent monthly decline for Apple, but an 8.3 percent jump for Android.

The good news for Apple, however, was that 11 percent of the smartphone users surveyed by AdMob in February said that they were interested in purchasing an Apple iPad.

“As more mobile Internet devices [such as the iPad] are introduced into the market, it will be interesting to see how traffic from the category grows, relative to smartphones and feature phones,” AdMob wrote on its blog, where the full report is available.

Resource:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/iPhone-Dominates-but-Android-is-Fastest-Growing-OS-Report-374125/

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In a statement about the acquisition, Nokia declares “Novarra’s mobile browser and services platform will be used by Nokia to deliver enhanced Internet experiences on Nokia mobile devices.” Novarra will enable Nokia to deliver an improved mobile Web experience to customers. However, the Novarra acquisition will probably have little effect on customers in the United States.

While Nokia is the largest maker of mobile phones in the world, it plays a more obscure role in the market in America. The most recent comScore survey places Nokia in fourth place for mobile phones in the United States, with just over nine percent market share.

Drilling down more specifically to smartphones, Nokia isn’t even on the radar. RIM’s BlackBerry is the leading smartphone platform in the U.S., followed by the iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Android. Even Palm’s faltering WebOS platform manages a fifth place position with nearly six percent of the smartphone market.

“Connecting the next billion consumers to the Internet will happen primarily on mobile devices,” said Niklas Savander, executive vice president of Services for Nokiain the Nokia statement, adding “and delivering an optimized internet experience on our devices is core to our mission. By driving innovation in all segments of our portfolio, we are building one of the largest consumer audiences for web services and content. Novarra’s Internet services technology delivered on the world’s most widely-used mobile platform, Nokia’s Series 40, will help us achieve this.”

To its credit, Nokia has been working aggressively to regain some swagger and find the edge it once had among mobile phones. Nokia is engaged in a back and forth legal struggle with Apple over patent infringement allegations–Nokia claims Apple is violating its patents, and Apple accuses Nokia of the same. Nokia also formed an alliance with Intel to combine their Linux-based mobile operating systems to create MeeGo.

Opera might have been a better acquisition for Nokia. I expect it would have cost significantly more, but it would have given Nokia an established mobile browser ready to compete on a broad range of smartphone platforms–including the iPhone if Apple approves Opera’s app.

While the Novarra Web browser may not make much of a splash in the United States, the Novarra technology is indicative of the direction that mobile Web browsers are going to meet the needs of next-generation smartphones and mobile platforms like the iPad.

Wireless broadband bandwidth is crowded, and most data plans charge per megabyte or have a maximum download capacity per month. Web browsers like Novarra’s, that can compress data for faster rendering and less bandwidth consumption, give smartphones an edge over competition.

Business professionals on the go need a mobile Web browser that is able to maximize the available wireless bandwidth and deliver a blazing fast Web surfing experience from a mobile platform. Browsers like Opera and Novarra provide the innovative technology necessary to meet those demands.

Novarra is not built on Webkit–the de facto standard rendering engine for smartphone platforms. However, Novarra has a Youtube video demonstrating that its Vision browser actually renders Web pages faster than competing mobile browsers designed on Webkit.

The Vision browser supports Adobe Flash, and includes other innovative features like password management, and the ability to manipulate Web pages to fit the screen of the device being used.

Novarra currently works with Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG, and other mobile phone manufacturers–providing Nokia with an established client portfolio for its new mobile Web browser.

Resource:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/192644/nokia_joins_battle_for_mobile_web_with_novarra_acquisition.html

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Skype mobile for Verizon will initially work on nine handsets, including the BlackBerry Storm, the BlackBerry Storm2, the BlackBerry Curve, the BlackBerry Curve 8530, the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, the BlackBerry Tour, the Motorola Droid, the Droid Eris, and the Motorola Devour.

The Devour will also launch for Verizon on Thursday in conjunction with the Skype mobile release, Verizon said.

The app will provide free, unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and instant messaging, which will not count against Verizon customers’ monthly minutes or data usage, John Harrobin, senior vice president of digital media and marketing for Verizon Wireless, said during a call with reporters.

There are several ways users can access the app: all users can visit skype.com/go/mobile to download; Droid, Droid Eris, and Devour users can download it via the Android Market; existing BlackBerry customers can click on a Skype icon that will be automatically pushed to their home screens on Thursday; new BlackBerry customers can access the icon via the download folder; or users on any of the phones can text “Skype” to 2255 and Verizon will send a link on Thursday.

The app will run in the background and be “always on,” Harrobin said. “There’s no longer the need for appointment calling.” It will also import your phone’s contacts.

Calls made using Skype mobile will be routed over the Verizon network.

“The same coverage quality and reliability that you expect from Verizon applies to Skype mobile,” Harrobin said. “We made a decision to route all voice calls over the Verizon wireless network that all other calls go over. We did this to ensure that it was a great experience [and] that Skype mobile worked wherever and whenever customers needed it to work.”

“Data networks weren’t designed for voice,” he said. “We have the capacity.”

That might evolve with the launch of 4G LTE, but for now, Skype mobile calls will be routed over the circuit-switch network, Harrobin said. After it goes over that circuit switch, it comes to a Skype gateway and is routed through Skype’s IP network.

Verizon and Skype have worked with the necessary regulatory officials to make sure the app is compliant, Harrobin said.

Harrobin was not concerned that the move might result in decreased revenue for Verizon, and said that any loss would be recouped from new customers attracted to Verizon because of the Skype offering.

“We really don’t expect dilution,” he said. “There may be dilution on long-distance revenue, but that’s immaterial. Where we create value is new subscribers on Verizon Wireless smartphones.”

This app will be very attractive to customers who place international calls or currently use calling cards, Harrobin said.

But will other carriers just strike their own deal with Skype to hold on to customers?

“Skype mobile … is an exclusive app to Verizon,” Harrobin said. There are other Skype mobile apps available, but the “features and functionality that you’ll see [on Skype mobile], you won’t see anywhere else. It’ll be the best mobile experience out there.”

Skype has “prioritized our development … with Verizon here in the U.S.,” said Russ Shaw, general manager of mobile for Skype.

Skype has other over-the-top apps, but the Verizon app, which Shaw said provides deeper integration by running in the background and offering improved battery life, is better. The Verizon app is “where we’re spending a lot of time right now,” he said.

Harrobin said Skype’s core client makes porting to other RIM- or Android-based phones “relatively easy,” so they could add more handsets in the future. As for adding additional Skype functionality, like video, Harrobin said Verizon will “work with what we have today” and does not want to “over-promise something until it’s ready.”

Verizon and Skype first announced plans for their joint venture at last month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The companies made today’s announcement at this year’s CTIA trade show in Las Vegas. PCMag mobile analyst Sascha Segan is there, and took Skype mobile for a spin. Check out his hands on with the new app.

Resource:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2361725,00.asp

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Mozilla continues to actively develop for Nokia’s Maemo/MeeGo platform, the host of the first-ever Firefox for Mobile 1.0. The problem is that Firefox is far from being widely available in its cell phone-friendly form, extensions and all. The Nokia platform’s short reach makes up just a fraction of the mobile market, and Firefox is only available on two devices–the Nokia N900 and the N810 Internet Tablet.

There’s even more bad news: Mozilla has put the skids on developing Firefox for Windows phones (it reached its fourth alpha stage) as a result of some decisions Microsoft made in supporting code going forward (Silverlight and XNA, to be specific) that Mozilla does not use to write its browser–essentially creating a coding impasse. Unless or until Microsoft can provide a native development kit (NDK), work on Firefox mobile for Windows phones has flat-out stopped.

The good news, if you’re patient (and not a Windows phone user), is that Mozilla is also actively working on a version of Firefox for Android phones. Mozilla powers all its various Firefox versions from the same Gecko engine, which means that Firefox for Windows, Mac, and mobile are all created with the same ingredients (specifically, Mozilla’s XUL and Web standards like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS programming languages.) The takeaway message here is that once Mozilla can get the Gecko platform running smoothly for Android, porting an Android version of Firefox is a fairly simple next step. Sullivan stressed that his goal is to ship at least a beta version of Firefox for Android by late 2010, but no promises to the browser-hungry Android mob.

What about video?

When asked about how Firefox will handle video playback on mobile going forward, Sullivan’s answer was consistent with Mozilla’s one-for-all programming philosophy. Firefox will support HTML 5 video tags on all its browsers, leaving it up to producers to encode their videos with the new standards, so said videos can play back in Firefox mobile as they would from the desktop.

On mobile handsets that harbor Adobe’s Flash plug-in, it’s possible to enable support for that video technology, too. However, Mozilla disabled Flash by default at the n’th moment before the browser’s final release, citing that the video playback quality in Firefox just wasn’t up to snuff. A YouTube extension for Firefox mobile provided the workaround users needed to get YouTube videos to play.

While Mozilla’s Sullivan made no promises, we’re keeping those fingers crossed that production on Android will include a public alpha in the next few months. A spate of mobile-ready add-ons will be sure to join the few dozen that already exist.

Resource:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-20001042-10356022.html

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