Oops--hyper correctness!
Catch this:
Just as the Swiss Army knife, the smartphone succeeds in some occasions and fails in others.
from
Pogue's Posts: The Latest in Technology from David Pogue, the July 7, 2011, column for that blog on the New York Times website; a guest post from Nasahn Sheppard, director of industrial design at Smart Design, the company that designed the Flip camcorder
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/how-to-design-a-hot-product/
That should be, "Just like the Swiss Army knife." When what follows is a noun, it's a straight comparison using "like."
I'd rather live with "like" as a substitute for "as" (I've done so at times), but "as" should never be used for "like."
(I'm guessing this is a half-done correction.)
