Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer took the stage for the very first time at CES — in the place of Bill Gates — to talk about the convergence of the three screens among phones, PCs and TVs. One of the crucial components, of course, is the Windows Mobile platform, which extends “the PC experience to the phone.” Without saying it, Ballmer pointed out the how the company compares to others, such as Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), which said in its last update that it has sold more than 10 million iPhones. Ballmer: “I
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