Could the wider distribution of the latest iPhone have thrown a curve ball at HTC?

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The scary part was supposed to be tablet and smartphone market, where European conumer demand trouble is creating a curve ball for investors.

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"There is no question the race for majority leader has been dealt a curve ball, an unexpected one, the reluctant candidacy of Dennis Hastert, " Paxon said.

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"Perhaps we could say that our universe has thrown us a curve ball, and it rarely fails to surprise us, " said Krzysztof Gorski, Planck scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Then life threw her a curve ball.

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"This was a very big curve ball, " said Jay Wheatley, head of the tax-exempt bond syndicate desk at Citigroup.

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What the MotionPlus adds is better sense of the exact hitting angle, which makes for better ball placement in advance modes, but provides quite a considerable learning curve.

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