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This morning a few tech blogs are highlighting some choice quotes from a Melinda Gates interview that appears in the most recent issue of Vogue. According to the Vogue piece, the couple has forbidden their three children from using iPods and iPhones and has made their home a no iPod/iPhone zone (no word on other Apple products).

iPhone users are happier. Their phones are smarter. And BlackBerry users have a serious case of iPhone envy.

I LOVE my iPhone. I just wish it were matched with Verizon Wireless, the carrier with the most envied reputation as fast, ubiquitous, reliable, nigh perfect.

OK, now that CES and Macworld are behind us, it's time to take a moment to ponder just what was missing. For me, anyway, the biggest letdown was the absence of any word on a higher-capacity iPod Touch.

During the TED Conference this week in Long Beach, Calif., BNET's Brent Schlender asked Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates what he thought of Apple's new iPad tablet.