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Article: TECH WATCH Delve has appeal, but it's no Apple
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2009
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The ongoing quest for an alternative to the Apple iPhone has led
to the Samsung Delve, compliments of U.S. Cellular.
It's a similar story in examining the clone army of knockoffs
that are following in Apple's footsteps.
The Delve is an average phone. It's versatile and sturdy and
comes with the online and multimedia features we've come to expect,
such as playing music and browsing the Web.
But the interface -- the software that lets you tell the phone
what you want it to do -- falls flat when comparing it to the genre-
defining iPhone.
It's clunky and unsophisticated and feels artificially slow --
especially when you're used to a superior product. And that's too
bad because there are a few ...