Smartphone launches halt amid Jobs’ death
The launch of a hot new Google smartphone was delayed on Friday as the world mourned the loss of legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and sales began of the latest iPhone.
Samsung and Google put out word they have postponed a “Mobile Unpacked” press event planned for next week at an international wireless telecommunications industry conference in Southern California.
“We will announce a new date and venue in due course,” the South Korean consumer electronics titan promised.
Samsung was expected to unveil a Galaxy Nexus smartphone powered by a yet-to-be released version of Google-backed Android software and designed to challenge market-leading iPhone.
Postponing the launch was seen as a temporary truce of sorts in honor of Jobs, who died Wednesday at the age of 56 after battling cancer.
Apple began taking online pre-orders for an updated iPhone 4S that is to be available on October 14 in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Britain.
Source AP
Due to the fact that the passing of Steve Jobs is up there with Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein, I can’t imagine taking any other course of action. He’s changed the world for the better and touched the lives of so many more than any other living person. The MAC Air is only one of my favorite Apple products. Air loves air!
This article is a perfect reference to your point that Apple offers one basic type of phone, and new versions have been launched once a year. Samsung launches more than a hundred new handsets every year, and they offer versions for every conceivable market segment. This one is being launched to compete against Google’s phone. If you keep throwing out the bait, a fish is bound to bite! (Chinese Proverb) 🙂
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