In a strangely worded press release, AT&T took the veil off the short rumored but expected announcement of the Samsung Black Jack II.
AT&T Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) today announced the availability later this year of the BlackJack II™ ... The BlackJack II had its first public showing today during a keynote address by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2007 in San Francisco.
We here at Morning Paper and other sites have been talking about the Samsung Black Jack II for awhile now so this really isn't a surprise. What caught my attention was how the whole thing was worded:
- 1. No specific release date
- 2. No AT&T or Samsung exec waiving it around for the media.
Usually carriers will neither confirm nor deny what is usually well known fact on the Internet about the availability of new devices through a variety of means. Pictures get "leaked", the FCC spills the beans or some hard working employees with a cell phone camera snaps some pics of a new shipment. Whatever, we know long before the official "announcement" is made.
But it seems when the head of a major corporation is showing off your new device, it is hard to stay mum about it anymore. You've got to say something.
Was this planned? Or did Steve Ballmer miss the memo about keeping this thing under wraps until AT&T / Samsung were ready?
Just a thought.
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