LG Chocolate Love Campaign Has Two Hot Korean Girl Bands Performing

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LG is promoting the new LG Chocolate BL40 phone in Korea with some cool music videos featuring two hot girl groups. One group was apparently not enough for LG.
The groups SNSD and F(x) perform the song Chocolate Love produced by no other than Bloodshy and Avant. Swedish Bloodshy and Avant worked with stars like Britney Spears, Madonna and Kylie Minogue to name a few. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:19:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple iPhone Allowed To Be Sold In Korea

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Apparently regulators in Korea have been blocking the sale of the Apple iPhone until now, due to a technical requirement.
Today the WSJ reports that the road is free now for Apple to sell the iPhone in Korea.
Apparently the "Korean FCC" had to make an exception for the iPhone as they usually require Korean technology to be used ofr location-based services including GPS.
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Posted on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:32:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG Launches BL40 Chocolate In Korea With Sienna Miller Leather Cases

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LG has a cool launch offer for the new Chocolate BL40 in Korea. The first 100 customers get a limited edition leather case endorsed by Hollywood actress Sienna Miller. The cases are actually designed by her sites Savannah Miller who runs the fashion label twenty8twelve. Nice move by LG to hire both Sienna sisters for this promotion. You might have seen Sienna Miller in her latest movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra as Baroness.

The LG BL40 will be available on Cyon in Korea. As reported earlier today the new LG BL40 is already on sale in the UK. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:35:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung MBP200 Pico Projector launches in Korea

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Samsung unveiled the most stylish of the tiny Pico Projectors to date at the CES 2009 dubbed MBP200. Today Samsung announced that they will ship the Samsung MBP200 in Korea this month for 400,000 Won (~$300).
Samsung chose to accompany the announcement with a dreamy model in a bed room setting. Not sure what the idea behind that is. Maybe Samsung imagines MBP200 users projecting little sexy videos in bed. I let your imagination run wild here. See the hi-res photos of the Samsung MBP200 Gadget Model here.
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Posted on Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:20:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia 6210s WCDMA 3G launches in Korea

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Today Nokia announced the launch of WCDMA 3G mobile phones in Korea. The first available 3G phone from Nokia in Korea is the Nokia 6210s.

The Nokia 6210s is a smartphone based on S60 software. It features a 3.2 megapixel camera, an MP3 player, video playback, and a stereo FM radio. Photographs can be taken in panoramic mode and can also be uploaded to Flickr. The Nokia 6210s comes with a 1GB memory card in box. Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Koreans get Apple MacBook with WiBro

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Korean carrier KT is offering Apple MacBooks bundled with WiBro in Korea.
WiBro (Wireless Broadband) is the Korean version of WiMAX. Apple Korea is bundling MacBooks with the KWD-U2000 WiBro modem and the KT WiBro service.
The future for Mac users in Korea has already begun. They have broadband internet access on the go. Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:32:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Purple HSDPA PEBL to dazzle Korean Consumers

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Motorola announces in Korea a new special version of the PEBL mobile phone. The new PEBL comes in purple which symbolizes wealth and gentility.

The purple PEBL is a 3G phone with HSDPA download speeds of 7.2mbps.
Other features of the purple PEBL include 3.5mm headset jack, mp3 player, Bluetooth, 2MP camera, and visually hidden outside icon display. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:05:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

HTC enters Korea with HTC Touch Dual

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HTC announces that they are bringing their first entry in the Korea phone market with the HTC Touch Dual.

HTC entered an exclusive alliance with SK Telecom.

Vice President of HTC Asia Jack Tong commented about the company’s goals for this launch. "HTC is excited to be entering the Korea market with the HTC Touch Dual. We want to tap into Korea’s high level of consumer sophistication by bringing in a portfolio of innovative phones that set new benchmarks for touch usage." Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:46:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wii not successful in Korea

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Nintendo launched the Wii console very late in Korea. Korean gamers have only been able get the Wii since late April. The anticipated run on the Wii did not happen.
Only 35,000 units have been sold the first month. The Nintendo DS is a huge success in Korea with 100,000 units sold per month. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korea to get 2nd Generation WiBro Network

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SK Telecom announced today that they succeeded in sending HD video using its WiBro technology in real time. WiBro with the improved "Wave 2" functionality can receive data at speeds of up to 37.44 Mbps and send at 10.08 Mbps.

SK Telecom plans to build a Wibro Wave 2 network in Seoul that is planned to launch in H2 2008. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:54:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Giant Cell phones are the new Trend in Korea

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We all look to Korea to see what the future in mobile phones is. Now the latest trend seems to be going towards huge cell phones that are bigger than notebooks.

Yes, of course this is not true, there are no giant cell phones in our future. Korean SK Telecom sent out this press photo though today over the wire. It was not me going crazy with Photoshop. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2008 23:49:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BlackBerry to come to Korea

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SK Telecom is apparently planning to introduce the BlackBerry smartphone in Korea. It is actually surprising that BlackBerry phones are not ubiquitous by now.

Apparently regulations have prevented RIM from marketing the BlackBerry in Korea. Cell phones in Korea are required to use the Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI). Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2008 01:48:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean Diotek developed iPhone Handwriting DioPen Software

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Yesterday reports appeared that that latest iPhone 2.0 firmware include handwriting recognition software supporting chinese.
Today Korean company Diotek announces that they have developed a new handwriting input method for the Apple iPhone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 May 2008 00:45:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC with Windows XP launches in Korea

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Asus launched the Eee PC 4G in Korea. Like in Japan the Eee PC is shipping with Windows XP only.

The Asus Eee PC 4G sells for 499,000 Won (~$526) in Korea. Pretty expensive compared to what the Eee 4G with Linux sells for in the U.S. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:36:24 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New iPod touch Clone from Korean Tomato

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Looks like some DAP companies have fun designing new music players that unmistakably feature the elements of the Apple iPod touch and even announce it officially.

There are already lots of cheap fake iPod touch players on the market as you can see on eBay. I am not sure if the new one also imitates the iPone/touch user interface.


The new Video Touch from Korean Tomato features a 2.5 inch QVGA touchscreen and comes with either 2GB or 4GB of flash memory.
The Tomato Video Touch plays MP3, WMA, WAV, and APE / FLAC lossless. Read more

Posted on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:46:48 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean PMP Looks more like UMPC

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Korean company UPOP has a giant sized PMP that looks more like a UMPC than a traditional PMP. The device has a 4.8-inch TFT screen and can be had with 30GB, 80GB, or 160GB HDD. Expansion via SD cards is possible as well.

The device runs windows CE 5.0 Pro and is compatible with MP3, WMA, MP4, ACC, AC3, Ogg and WAV. The player will also do video with AVI, WMV, MPG, DAT, and VOB compatibility. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:15:38 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Flexible OLEDs for Clothing shown by ETRI in Korea

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Korean ETRI demonstrated its flexible OLED displays at a show in Seoul.

The exhibited items look actually pretty unprofessional. The use of these OLED displays is just not thought through. There are displays sewed into a tie, a bag, a hat, and a shirt. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean Death by Mobile Phone a Hoax

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A story has been making the rounds in technology circles after a man in Korea was reportedly killed when his LG Mobile phone exploded. A coworker of the man who was killed has now come forward and admitted it was a hoax.

The hoaxy part wasn’t that the man was killed, rather that the exploding LG phone caused it. The 33-year-old south Korean who was killed worked in a Quarry and when his dead body was found the LG phone was burning and stuck to his chest. This was initially thought to be the cause of his death. Read more

Posted on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:11:49 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Kobie and Rabie are Korea's first emotional Robots

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Korean research institute ETRI demonstrates two emotional robots they developed.

Kobie looks like a plush Koala bear. The robot is able to recognize human faces, make eye contact, and express emotions through sounds.

The scary looking Rabie is based on a reasoning engine dubbed Bossam. Rabie is able to play word guessing games in English. Read more

Posted on Fri, 9 Nov 2007 01:55:37 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung sells 10 million SGH-E250 Phones in Korea within 1 Year

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Samsung has set a new sales record for a mobile phone in Korea with the low-cost SGH-E250.

In less than a year 10 million SGH-E250 phones were sold.

Samsung also held the previous record with the SGH-E700 that sold 10 million within 14 months. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean Parents want Cellphones without Internet

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We all look in envy to Korea because of the feature pumped mobile phones they have over there. Feature rich phones also pose a problem - at least for Korean parents.

Korean kids spend way to much time and money on internet services like games. There are apparently only very few mobile phones and service providers in Korea that support only phone functionality and no other services. Read more

Posted on Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:57:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr