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01/02/2008, 1:45pm, EST

Wednesday, January 2nd

Sprint pulls LG Rumor due to demand, not bugs

Sprint has pulled its LG Rumor messaging phone from shelves due to sheer demand and not technical flaws, the company announced on Wednesday. The carrier has acknowledged a problem with the slider phone which allowed users to accidentally wipe the phone's firmware clear through a debugging code but says it is an isolated incident; most models have not been affected and have already received a fix, Sprint says.

Instead, the unavailability is reportedly the result of underestimating demand for the phone, which garnered attention on launch in October for offering a full keyboard and special messaging features below the price of most smartphones. The provider has not said when it expects the Rumor to be readily available once again but promises that it will increase supplies of the phone "soon" online and in retail shops.


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pffft...
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01/02, 2:04pm, EST
That makes no sense!
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jameshays
New Corporate Strategy
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01/02, 2:10pm, EST
If you have a product that people want and you don't have enough supply to meet the demand, pull them all off the shelf and sell to nobody.

I hope that works for them.
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What A Crock!
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01/02, 3:11pm, EST
If you believe ANY of the above "rationale," I've got a bridge in Brooklyn you might like.
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yeh right
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01/02, 3:17pm, EST
mmmm lets pull the product because too many people are buying it ... hey they could get a high paying job in government
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danviento
MacNN... AGAIN?
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01/02, 3:29pm, EST
Seriously, this has absolutely nothing to do with Mac OS or any pertinent subject derivations. Yeah, it was a stupid move, but who here really cares about it?
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danviento... again?
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01/02, 4:56pm, EST
Seriously, why do you keep posting the same comment over and over? If you don't want to read a story, don't read it! Get over it already - MacNN (and other Mac sites) are going to post stories you're not interested in - just skip them. For the rest of us, the only thing wrong with stories like this is they lead to you posting your "who really cares" comments.
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Cartmanland!
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01/02, 6:03pm, EST
"If you have a product that people want and you don't have enough supply to meet the demand, pull them all off the shelf and sell to nobody."

http://www.southparkzone.com/episodes/506/Cartmanland.html

Seriously, if it ain't GSM, it's a waste of time IMO.
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uh...
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01/02, 6:31pm, EST
LG stands for "Losers' Garbage," and Sprint is almost as crappy of a carrier as AT&T.

But, what do I care? I don't have either.
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Re: macnn...again
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01/02, 10:53pm, EST
Didn't you notice the item about the iPhone at the bottom. Thus it's an apple story, thus on MacNN.
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01/03, 8:43am, EST
LG stands for "Losers' Garbage,"

Gosh, I didn't know that, you would think they would have realised that and changed their name - still I suppose it means something quite pithy in Korean...
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