Dzanda,

Thanks for your report.

You're correct that the FCC Equipment Authorization site now displays new SCH-i760 doc listings (sans contents). We might call these new items, er, the "Four Horsemen."

They are precisely what we're denied due to vendor ("Grantee") corruption of the FCC's short-term confidentiality provision. (Why these docs weren't even listed on 03/30/07 is unclear; perhaps an oversight or glitch?)

For each doc, the number string is the .pdf file size; the "Yes," "No," "Yes" refers to status vis-á-vis these line-items:

Permanent Confidential
Short-Term Confidential
Supercede Date Available

The "Supercede Date" itself is the end of the first 45-day short-term confidentiality interval. As mrailing suggests, Samsung has already requested THREE renewals of this privacy term (a total of 180 days); doing so in this way is another abuse of the public's right to transparency.

Thus, there is NO CHANCE that these docs will become public on 05/14/07 (let alone earlier) unless 1) the device is released, or 2) we complain.

Once again, the basis for our challenge (see Sticky) is statutory "public marketing activity," which complaint should pierce Samsung's unwarranted veil of secrecy.

Are we ready, mates?

--BAM

The "Four Horsemen"
1) External Photos, Adobe Acrobat PDF 1164947 External Photos 03/30/2007; No Yes No 05/14/2007

2) Internal Photos, Adobe Acrobat PDF 1571008 Internal Photos 03/30/2007; No Yes No 05/14/2007

3) Test Setup Photos, Adobe Acrobat PDF 1175972 Test Setup Photos 03/30/2007; No Yes No 05/14/2007

4) User's Manual, Adobe Acrobat PDF 810186
User's Manual 03/30/2007; No Yes No 05/14/2007