Techno-guru Walt Mossberg reviews the soon-to-be available Samsung Instinct mobile phone and deems it to be merely “ok”. Walt says the Instinct lacks the iPhone’s greatest strength namely its software.
He concludes by stating that “Samsung’s Instinct, a clone of Apple’s iPhone, doesn’t measure up”, and for good measure, adds that it’s “no iPhone”.
Samsung’s Instinct Doesn’t Ring True As an iPhone Clone – WSJ, June 12, 2008
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Apple today announced their much-anticipated next-gen iPhone. The iPhone 3G as it’s called, is both faster and cheaper than the original model that it replaces.
Walt Mossberg lists the good points of the iPhone 3G as being speed (about 2x faster) price (about half) and the 3rd party apps. On the down side he knocks the fact that the new iPhone is still tied to 1 carrier, lacks features such as cut-and-paste & MMS and sports the same old 2 megapixel camera.
As an aside, Steve Jobs looked somewhat gaunt during his WWDC 2008 Keynote Address. This raises concerns about his health and poses the question is it time to short AAPL?
The 3G iPhone: First Impressions – Walt Mossberg, June 9 2008
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In March of 2008, Apple and Microsoft announced a new agreement to offer built-in support for Microsoft Exchange on the iPhone. Today, June 9th 2008, the firmware update that will enable this feature is set to be released at the WorldWide Developer Conference 2008 (WWDC 2008). Read the rest of this entry »
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Samsung has started selling their YP-S2 washed-river-pebble-esque MP3 player. $58 gets you 2GB. Light-weight at 13.6 grams. Feature comparison to iPod Shuffle, iriver Mplayer and the Zen Stone at this link.
Samsung Electronics’ design stone that ‘MP3 player market – News release, 2008 6 4
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Toyoda Gosei is in the process of developing pedestrian-protecting exterior airbags that deploy when onboard radar and image-recogition cameras detect a pending impact.
…alternatively, the pedestrians could wear the airbags instead.
Cars with hood and grill airbags for pedestrian protection! – FarEast Gizmos, June 3, 2008
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