Mar 15, 2007 10:53 AM

Mossberg reviews Flipstart; can't help making disparaging comparison to Apple product

Walt Mossberg reviews the Vulcan FlipStart in today’s WSJ (sub required). Not surprisingly, he finds it too small, underpowered, and likely to appeal only to a tiny niche of gadget-happy techies. Make that rich gadget-happy techies, since when it goes on sale March 27, it will cost $2,000. Even less surprisingly, Mossberg finds a way […]

Walt Mossberg reviews the Vulcan FlipStart in today's WSJ (sub required). Not surprisingly, he finds it too small, underpowered, and likely to appeal only to a tiny niche of gadget-happy techies. Make that rich gadget-happy techies, since when it goes on sale March 27, it will cost $2,000. Even less surprisingly, Mossberg finds a way to work in a disparaging comparison to a supposedly superior Apple product -- in this case, an Apple product that doesn't even exist yet, the iPhone. Everybody drink!

Previously on Gadget Lab: Vulcan's FlipStart Finally Surfaces

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