Ever heard of rumours?

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 Vista is NT6.0 so Windows 7 would be NT6.1

Gosh. Someone needs a haircut.

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

This was already available with Chinese and Korean...

http://www.albireo.net/powerbook/forum/showthread.php?t=5718&page=1&pp=10

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.

No they don't.

Samsung gets their LCDs from their factories in Korea and elsewhere.

it's because it has the same OS as the nokia, stupid.

wonder what the thing on the bottom of the "Magical Touch" interface refers to...