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Samsung keeps popping at iPhone users

Samsung continue their Apple-baiting ad campaign with this US ad for their Galaxy S II.

As before it thinks the best way to get people to switch from the world’s best selling handset (no, not operating system) is to mock them. I’ve previously set out my reservations with that strategy here.

We looked at the UK version of the Galaxy S II last year.

It’s decent phone, too wide for my liking but that’s a purely subjective thing, and it has a great screen.

But it lacks the build quality of the iPhone, using flimsy plastic over Apple’s precision engineered glass and steel.

I’m not sure you can claim to be competing unless you take on the rivals pn all fronts – including the industrial design and build.

The Samsung ad fires an unintended subliminal message to viewers – the guys phone is so good people all around the world queue through the night to get one.

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Sharp Will Not Be the Manufacturer of IPad 3 Display Screens

Rumors that Sharp will no longer manufacture and provide display screens for iPad 3 started to come out in the early parts of this year. Sharp has been the major producer and developer of Apple’s high density display screens for quite a period of time. It is also said to be the manufacturer of the screen that will be utilized on the latest iPad version, the iPad 3.

But, recently, there is a growing speculation spreading in blogs and articles over the internet saying Sharp was not able to meet the specific and exact needs of Apple during the display’s initial operation. This rumor overshadowed the ones about the exact release date of iPad 3.

Patently Apple, a website that talks about news and updates on iDevices, shared the report it obtained from Electronic Times Internet News, a website based in Korea, that Sharp will no longer be a part of the development project of iPad 3. The responsibilities of creating the device’s display will already be given to two other famous electronic and appliance manufacturers and distributors which are Samsung Electronics and LG.

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