The truth is out there about Sprint's A700 videophone
Was SprintPCSInfo.com the subject of some weird conspiracy campaign against them at the hands of Sprint, or are they just paranoid? A little while back they reported on the existence of the APH-A700, a new cameraphone from Samsung that was supposed to be Sprint's first handset that could support live video calling. The just approved the A700 for use in the States, and that's where things get hairy:
[I]t appears that our doubts about Sprint's immediate and mysterious cancellation notice for a phone that this site was the only source to have info on were correct. It now seems more likely that the A700 cancellation notice was part of a disinformation campaign to discredit this site, and attempt to put the top back on the bottle of Sprint's video phone agenda. We will have pictures and specs shortly. As you may recall, SPI broke the specifications of the A700, Sprint's first planned 1xRTT phone that supports live video conferencing. Then, within days (and posted shortly later) an internal supply memo specifically referenced the A700 as being cancelled. This was extremely odd, as Sprint never even posted internally to most departments that the A700 even existed.
As flattering as any site would be to have a company leak a fake internal memo just to discredit them, the more likely (and mundane) explanation is that Sprint is simply disorganized.
