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3G iPhone confirmed in Italy without revenue sharing? {Engadget}
Apr 21st 2008 6:51AM Ever heard of rumours?
Sprint licenses Visual Voicemail for the Samsung Instinct {Engadget}
Apr 7th 2008 3:57AM Wow you guys made an article about Sprint licensing Visual Voicemail for the Samsung Instinct into another Mac v PC "debate"/argument. Very clever.
Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates {Engadget}
Apr 4th 2008 6:46PM Windows Vista is NT6.0 so Windows 7 would be NT6.1
Choi Jung Hyun assembles non-venomous viper with recycled keyboards {Engadget}
Apr 4th 2008 6:36PM Gosh. Someone needs a haircut.
LG's LH2300 Touch Web phone says "Hello UI" in Korean {Engadget}
Mar 20th 2008 6:06AM That's LG's marketing campaign.
Quote from the Chosun Ilbo:
"In order to pique consumer curiosity, the company employed a "mystique" marketing strategy, providing as little information about the product as possible. To that end, it adopted a "three no's" policy -- no showcases, no TV commercials and no discounts.
First, instead of holding a product showcase, LG only told the press when it would release the phone -- and only when it was asked. Second, it didn't create any TV commercials, but placed ads only in newspapers and upscale magazines. Third, it offered no tantalizing price reductions at all.
"We have maintained the release price of W880,000 since it was released a year ago," an LG executive said. "Some sales agencies give discounts to their regular customers, but that's at their discretion; LG does not offer any reductions."
The company also changed its sales network and the way it displayed the product. It limited the number of retailers carrying the phone to 20 stylish Prada shops worldwide and 300 department stores. It had the phone displayed in a transparent box separate from other products when sold through wireless agents. The intention was to literally set the phone apart from other products and increase curiosity by not allowing consumers to touch it -- thus fueling their willingness to purchase.
The company also provides enhanced after-sales service for the Prada phone. If the phone breaks within a year after purchase, LG pays up to W200,000 in repair compensation regardless of whose fault it is.
An LG Electronics executive said, "The Prada Phone is a product for those 30 percent of consumers who want to belong to the upper five percent. We will maintain our 'mystique' marketing strategy." "
If you haven't heard of it, it's definitely not aimed for you. :P
bersetzen Sie das, bitte (Translate this, please) {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Mar 19th 2008 1:10AM This was already available with Chinese and Korean...
http://www.albireo.net/powerbook/forum/showthread.php?t=5718&page=1&pp=10
O2's bringing the iPhone to Ireland on March 14th {Engadget}
Feb 28th 2008 4:45PM Is Australia the only country with cap plans? We pay a certain limit (i.e. $29 per month) and we can use (depending on the carrier) up to triple (or more) the amount of what we pay.
Right now on my personal mobile, I pay $29 and get $120 worth of calls (we only pay outgoing), texts, etc while getting $60 worth of calls free when calling a phone on the same carrier. Browsing the network's page + features is mostly free.
The downside is that mobile internet fees are not included and are expensive.
Your next Sony LCD TV may actually be a Sharp {Engadget}
Feb 23rd 2008 6:13PM No they don't.
Samsung gets their LCDs from their factories in Korea and elsewhere.
Samsung's HSDPA-equipped G810 slider gets official {Engadget}
Feb 11th 2008 5:46PM it's because it has the same OS as the nokia, stupid.
Samsung's Soul slider is coming through {Engadget}
Feb 8th 2008 6:33AM wonder what the thing on the bottom of the "Magical Touch" interface refers to...
