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Samsung and the Financial Times have recently launched a pretty interesting competition that offers participants the chance to win a trip to Sammy’s headquarters in South Korea, and a brand new Samsung Jet phone.

Unlike many other competitions, this one is open to anyone who is over the age of 18, regardless of his or her country.

To enter the competition, you must write a short paragraph (of 200 to 300 words) about “the key features of the phone of the future”.

You can send the paragraph alongside your name and contact details by e-mail, to digitalbusiness@ft.com (with “FT-Samsung Competition” in the subject field), or by post – to FT-Samsung Competition, Digital Business, Financial Times, One Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL.

The first prize consists of a Samsung Jet phone plus a 4-day trip to Seoul, South Korea – including a visit to Samsung’s headquarters and 4 nights accommodation in a 4 star hotel. There are also two runner-up prizes: a Samsung Jet each.

Unfortunately, the entries must be received before Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 5PM GMT (that’s tomorrow), so you’ll have to hurry if you want to participate.

The Terms & Conditions of the competition can be found on Financial Times’ website.

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We’re getting way too many tips on AT&T being down for it to be a coincidence — how’s it going for you? Both EDGE and 3G are pretty spotty for us at the moment in Illinois, but they’re working in NYC, which jibes with reports of a Midwest-specific outage, but we’re also hearing there are troubles nationwide. We’ve pinged AT&T for an official statement, but in the meantime let us know if things are working for you wherever you are.

Update: Still haven’t heard from AT&T, but we just rolled back into Chicago at 5PM CST and we can’t connect on either EDGE or 3G. Let’s hope things get better, and soon.

Update 2: According to AT&T, a power failure in Bloomfield, Michigan is the culprit, and techs are working around the clock to get everything back up in the Midwest. We’re told rebooting phones may help — it didn’t do anything for us, but it might be worth a shot.

Update 3: It’s back up, at least in Chicago. How’d everyone spend their day off-grid? We mostly threw the sad face at our NO SERVICE display.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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