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Fri 07 Jul 2007Secret codesWired: I'm trying very hard not to, but I'm afraid I will mention the iPhone at some point in this column. This is because it is a federal obligation for US tech columnists to crow over their model or frown over its impact.Instead, I do promise to be somewhat elliptical about it and begin - somewhat bitterly - by talking about my old and battered Apple relic, made in an age when the company was known for making laptops, not mobile phones.