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Korea in the digital vanguard

by Kevin (Kilmo) Kang, Korea

Nokia released 5800 XpressMusic phone in Korea via Korea Telecom

Nov 8, 2009 20:09

Korea Telecom has released Nokia's second mobile phone in local market. The model is one of Nokia's successors, the XpressMusic 5800. IT was released to target Apple's iPhone, but I'm not too sure how it bodes for the international markets.

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Samsung falling in love with AMOLED

Oct 31, 2009 18:14

Samsung's latest gadget or product seems to take AMOLED as its display. AMOLED is a great display technology, but its cost and size aren't ready for mainstream usage in all the product categories. However, Samsung seems confident that those problems can be resolved by 2010.

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Microsoft Windows 7 launched in Korea with 777 power bloggers

Oct 25, 2009 14:22

Microsoft Korea prepared its Windows 7 rollout event with the usual media and bloggers at October 22 in Korea. This may have been a global event, but Korea was the only market to invite power bloggers in a separate show to promote their latest operating system.

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Yukyung Tech releases Intel's Classmate PC as Viliv Duo in Korea

Oct 18, 2009 20:08

Korea-based Yukyung Technology is known as one of the top MID (mobile Internet device) makers across the world. It has released Viliv S5, S7 and X70 and recently added the S10, which is an Intel Atom-based tablet Netbook.

It looks like Viliv is one of those PC makers that are oriented with Intel's Atom platform (Silverthorne). Now, it is expanding its PC lineup to feature the Atom Diamondvile in the Viliv Duo.
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SK Telecom adopts Twitter as its mobile Internet killer app

Oct 11, 2009 15:13

Twitter is one of biggest and fast-growing micro SNSes over the world and it's getting popular in Korea as well. I reported that there are couple of similar micro social-networknig sites being developed by local companies and serviced now.

SK Telecom seems to have it in mind to use Twitter as one of its mobile Internet killer apps to earn profit from customers who like to use Twitter via the mobile phone, just like smartphones with WiFi-enabled.
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About Kevin (Kilmo) Kang

Kevin (Kilmo) Kang is a self-professed IT-savvy guy who's been having the time of his life making tech deals with new business partners in the Asia-Pacific areas. Like every Korean, he's gadget-crazy and is glad he lives in a country with one of the fastest-growing tech markets in the world. His taste for international work, however, arose from a nine-year stay in New Zealand where he fortunately made more friends than there are sheep.