• Part I: Smartphones
• Part II: Carrier Angst

Quotes of the Week
Takeout Window

• The Verizon vs. AT&T Wireless Maps

Upgrades and Numbers

• IBM Makes the SNS PRP Chip!!!
• Flat Lenses, Cool Optics
• Forbes Sells Out, Part II

Ethermail
In Case You Missed It…
SNS Members Making News—

A funny thing happened to South Korea’s march toward total domination of the cellphone market: it ran into its own business model, on a much larger scale. A decade or so ago, back when Samsung was No. 5 in the global market, members read here that it would soon become No. 1. Well, as anyone following the company’s financials and press will already be aware, Samsung – and fellow South Korean handset makers LG and, in a different way, Pantech – has just run into a buzz saw called China.Pan-who?