we just confirmed that the Samsung i-600 has the same firmware bug than the
Motorola Q, i.e. it sends spurious private messages to the applications.

this firmware bug is documented here:
http://www.modaco.com/Motorola-Q-Spu...a-t242539.html

in the case of the Samsung i-600, the spurious messages are sent when the
phone is flipped open or closed. the message sent to all application is
0x000080ca - which is a value reserved for interthread-communications in
applications and should NEVER be sent to an application unless it expects
this message to be sent.

this can cause applications to randomly crash or misbehave when the Samsung
i-600 is flipped closed or opened.

i think that the Samsung i-600 is also known as the Sprint PCS Vision Smart
Device SP-i600 (as we had other reports of this from people using this
device).

we have received reports that the same firmware bug also affects the Asus
P525.

it is very important that MSFT makes sure that they tests this in their
platform validation tests.