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Walt Mossberg: Samsung Instinct is no iPhone

by ashoperon on June 13, 2008

Walt Mossberg has been playing around with the Samsung Instinct for Sprint for a while now, and has something to say about the device. That is, it is no iPhone. According to Walt, the device is nice, but it is lacking in some areas that he really would have liked the device to excel in. According to him, the interface is just not pretty enough. continued »

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Sprint spending $100 million to promote its iPhone competitor

by ashoperon on May 7, 2008

Sprint is making good on their promise to spend $100 million to promote their new iPhone competitor, the Samsung Instinct. The advertisements start running on May 9th, but the commercials are now available to view on YouTube. The advertisements very obviously take aim at the iPhone, with some shots showing the two devices side by side. continued »

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Samsung F700 gets a carrier and a new name

by James Allan Brady on September 13, 2007

The Samsung F700, now known as the Croix, thanks to a deal with Vodafone is quite the amazing device. It is purported to be targeted as an iPhone competitor, even though the Croix is everything the iPhone isn’t. A great alternative to the iPhone sure, but I don’t know how much of a direct competitor this phone will be. This amazing phone is so great that we don’t even need ... continued »

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iPhone memory chips might be in short supply as Samsung production stops

by Chris Davies on August 3, 2007

Some reports have pegged Apple's products as the biggest consumer of modern flash memory production, leaving scant pickings for the competition.  Now, the supply could be even shorter thanks to a power-outage hitting six of Samsung's key NAND production lines, forcing them to shut down.  Samsung produce the memory chips used in both the iPhone and iPod lines. Seemingly caused by a malfunctioning switchboard, the lines affected produce up to 91-percent ... continued »

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