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After Samsung's recent teaser for its Galaxy S3 event, many gadget sites and media outlets are focusing on getting the smartphone's detailed specifications and actual product images to spoil it before the official launch. It's a similar situation in Korea, with ... more »

MP3 players and other PMPs (portable multimedia player) used to be must-have items for the young in Korea, with students bringing around e-learning content and movie clips as well as getting Internet access from their devices.

Korea has a few world-famous MP3 ... more »

We missed the chance to have a new iPad in March again. Apple didn't pick Korea as a launch country on March 16 nor with the second wave on March 23.

Most of you should know that Korea has few giant companies ... more »

Samsung's smart TV services have been suspended by the leading landline Internet service provider (ISP), KT, from February 10 in Korea. LG's smart TV services, as well as those from other brands, are still functioning while Samsung smart TV services have ... more »

After Pantech announced its first Android tablet with a waterproof feature at CES 2012, the South Korea media started to talk about waterproof IT gadgets, mainly smartphones and tablets.

There has been a number of waterproof mobile phones released in Korea but ... more »

Every mobile phone customer starting to enjoy Web surfing or social-networking services via smartphones are eager to get the fastest connection their mobile providers. However, mobile networks are limited when it comes to capacity, and the situation is getting worse because ... more »

Bluetooth is a common feature found on the gadgets such as smartphones. However, the Bluetooth headset market has not really emerged and prospered in Korea for the past several years despite the many attempts by local distributors. While there are a ... more »

Samsung has released a new weapon to compete with Apple--a different concept of a smartphone, the Galaxy Note with 5.3-inch Super AMOLED display. Galaxy Note is a smartphone but can be defined as a palm-sized tablet as well. It was introduced ... more »

The latest issue and trend in Korea's mobile network industry is long-term evolution, or LTE. LTE became available in Korea a few months back and is available on SK Telecom (market leader) and LG U+ (in third position). Korea Telecom (KT) ... more »

The Apple iPhone 4S was released with Siri, which can understand and communicate with you, acting as your personal secretary.

Smartphones are getting smarter by the day and they keep adding new features to convenience uses. Apple added Siri to make it ... more »

SK Telecom demonstrated its Smart Cart service with Korea's top discount store, E-mart, from September 28 to October 7. This was developed by SK Telecom, the top mobile network provider in Korea.

Let's see how it works and what we can expect ... more »

Samsung electronics facing tough times in the overseas market because of patent issues with Apple--especially in Europe. For examply, the German court maintained a sales ban on Samsung's Galaxy tablet in the county last Friday. They judged the Galaxy Tab 10.1 ... more »

Did anyone hear that a Korean lawyer won in the case of Apple's location tracking issues using the iPhone? Lawyer Kim received 1 million won (US$946) from Apple Korea because the Korean court ordered the company to pay compensation to a ... more »

Many of you expected hundred of new tablets to be released and available soon after CES 2011 back in January. What kinds of tablets have been released so far?

The media and consulting firms have estimated that there will be a huge ... more »

Global mobile phone manufacturer Pantech has released the first 1.5GHz dual-core smartphone in Korea. Surprisingly, Pantech used a Ferrari California as a promotional giveaway to one of candidates among the 110,000 who enrolled.

Pantech announced that its new Vega Racer, which ... more »