December 18th, 2008
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This is not a mobile phone. It is just a cordless phone, expensive one. The Danish unique and expensive design creator, Bang & Olufsen, is launching BeoCom 2, a superb cordless phone in Korea market.
BeoCom 2 utilizes a single piece of curved aluminum to create a slender, tactile shape that’s easy to pick up, handle [...]
December 18th, 2008
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Korean giant, Samsung, has launched its new product in clamshell, SCH-W690. Available only-for now-in local market via SK Telecom, the phone will feature a new 2.6 inch AMOLED screen that supports 240×320 pixels and 262K colors. It is the similar screen used by Nokia N85.
Here are some specs of the SCH-W690:
GSM and HSDPA connectivity
GPS
1.5 inch [...]
December 16th, 2008
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A good news for foreign people in Korea. Citibank Korea Inc (CKI) is to start VM mobile banking service in English, instead of Hangeul, for various financial service. The service (in English) is definitely to ease foreign English-language people, than local citizen.
To use English VM mobile banking service of CKI, you need to download a [...]
December 16th, 2008
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Korean manufacturer, LG, unveils its new 3G phone, LG LU1600, dubbed as Ice Cream Phone 2 for Korea market. The phone will feature ice cream-ed color in its LED lighting. The phone is the successor of first edition of Ice Cream which was released last April. The second version is 15.5 mm thicker.
When receiving a [...]
December 12th, 2008
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After BlackBerry Bold, seems like iPhone is chasing to be available in South Korea, after the announcing of the mobile network deregulation. How soon? Is it going to be this December too? “KTF could have released the iPhone in December if it had been allowed to,” said a source. But of course seems the regulation [...]
December 12th, 2008
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A bold move by RIM, entering South Korea right after the local gov’t change the rule about mobile regulation standard. RIM and its local counterpart, SK Telecom, will market BlackBerry Bold 9000 for corporate users by this month. Most likely, the phone will come this Dec 29, although SK Telecom spokeswoman wasn’t said so.
The Korea [...]
December 10th, 2008
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Claimed as the world’s first, LG Electronics announced that has independently developed the first handset (user equipment) modem chip, based on 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology standards. The modem chip theoretically support wireless download speeds of 100 Mbps and upload speed of 50 Mbps. It is about 17 times faster than HSDPA technology.
It’s bridging [...]
November 24th, 2008
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Korea’s second largest manufacturer, LG, has launched its second edition of luxurious phone, Prada II, in London. In collaboration with fashion brand icon, Prada, the Prada II offers beautiful QWERTY keyboard. The phone was officially introduced last month.
LG Prada II’s key features include:
3G/HSDPA connectivity
Full 3 inch screen
slide out QWERTY keyboard
Redesigned UI
5 megapixels Schneider Kreuznach camera
Internet [...]
November 20th, 2008
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DoCoMo is member of Open Handset Alliance (OHA), an organisation pioneered by Google for Android development. Thus, it wasn’t suprise that DoCoMo and its Korean subsidiary, KTF, is about to offer Google phone next year. This new phone will be the first Google phone to be offered by Japanese and South Korean carriers. As before, [...]
November 19th, 2008
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Nokia unveils 50-60 handsets per year, enough to make it the largest mobile manufacturer in the world. Now, Korea’s LG, the second largest in the country after Samsung, is planning to launch more handsets than Nokia. Not, 70 or 80 but 125 handsets in 2009! It means that LG will unveil around 10-11 handsets [...]
i love LG
I wonder if this is going to stay an iPhone-exclusive app.
I’ve changed the logo to the orange one.
