Korean FTC May Investigate Apple/Samsung

freaktheclown writes "Samsung may have sold Apple flash memory chips at below-market prices, possibly violating the country's competition laws. From the article: 'According to a report by Yonhap News, Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Kang Chul-kyu said that his agency could look into allegations that Samsung sold the memory chips to Apple at below-market rates. Apple reportedly grabbed a significant share of Samsung's flash capacity in order to introduce its new iPod Nano. Analysts also speculate the computer maker got a significant discount from Samsung in order to hit the Nano's $199 and $249 prices.'" Adds a new layer to a previous story, eh?

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Re:Toshiba RAM in $199 nanos, NOT SAMSUNG

[rebeka thomas]

> Second, Ars is not an Apple fansite. In fact it is in many ways a lot better than Slashdot.

Any site that tries to combat the known problems with iPod nano's lack of reliability, screen cracking and bad scratching problems with a fluff piece showing how "well" it handles abuse is a mac fan site in my books.

The rest of the world is seeing nano screens cracking at a touch and scratching like nobody's business and this one lone site tries to show they're tough? I think you have to be pretty naive not to see the link, or who might be sponsoring the arstechnica article.