December 27th, 2008
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We hardly heard any news from Dutch manufacturer. Philips is well known to create phone with long life battery, although not as success as its Scandinavian fellows. This time, Philips brings Asian taste for its luck. Crafted with dragon and phoenix motives, ancient animals of Chinese heritage, the Xenium 9@9q brings the stylish clamshell phone [...]
December 27th, 2008
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Another breakthrough by Japanese company. A good news for sushi lover who happens to have iPhone and/or iPod Touch. Shogakukan, major Japanese publishing company is about to launch virtual sushi guide or may we call a sushi encyclopedia application for Apple’s toys. The app will be available by the end of this month at 450 [...]
December 27th, 2008
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LG Electronics just launched a new DMB TV phone for Korean local market. Dubbed as LU1400, this phone will have 2.8 inch LCD with 800×480 pixels resolution (as good as 8 inch netbook), 3 megapixels camera, and one-icon quick access.
As the phone is being launched for its own LG Telecom-Korean third largest operator-it is no [...]
December 27th, 2008
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Rumor is going crazy about what Apple will announce in next January’s Macworld. In the mean time, there is picture spotting an “iPhone Nano”, a fake one, in the side street of Thailand.
Definitely this one will have “Made in China” label, but truthfully it is definitely inspired by the information about the upcoming small-sized iPhone. [...]
December 27th, 2008
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A research conducted by Digitimes Research estimates that Android platform phone, which is going to be boomed in 2009, will reach 5-8 million units to be sold. That will be counted as 4-7% of global market share.
Digitimes revealed that in 2009, there will be massive bandwagon of Android phone manufacturers. Beside big name like Motorola, [...]
December 25th, 2008
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Another unique name from LG. Launched for local Korean market, this LG SH490 is aimed for women with clamshell form factor and sparkling motives. The phone is expected to be available via SK Telecom with KRW 500,000 (US$ 375)price tag.
With the concept to personalize a phone with the users’ own style, the Make-Up phone is [...]
December 25th, 2008
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WiBro, an acronym of Wireless Broadband, is a Wireless technology developed by South Korean telecom industries as an implementation of mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e). Until now, there are only 200,000 subscribers since its launching in 2006.
To trigger its further usage, Korea gov’t bodies for telecom industries, Korea Communication Commission (KCC), has approved Voice over WiBro [...]
December 24th, 2008
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We know that the first Sony Ericsson’s Windows Mobile phone, Xperia X1, was created (or outsourced) by High Tech Computer (known for its abbreviation, HTC). HTC is the notorious Taiwan-based manufacturers that also creating smartphone under its own brand, including the latest T-Mobile G1-Android phone.
As HTC keeps busy creating its own phones, Sony Ericsson seems [...]
December 24th, 2008
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If you ask about what telecom technology that is becoming new hit in Korea, the answer will be VoIP. Voice over Internet Protocol has proven new concept on quite reliable technology with cheaper price.
From Oct 31, number portability for VoIP in Korea has began to apply, which means that people were able to change their [...]
December 23rd, 2008
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Now the Japan’s cellphone operators know the best way to seduce their subscribers on buying the upcoming cellphones. A recent research conducted by goo Research on 1,081 samples revealed that the best source-and most reliable-used by Japanese to select its next phone is TV advertising. More than 50% pointed that TV advertising is the best [...]