Steve Jobs’ baby is set to make another conquest. South Korea is one of the two most advanced countries in the world when it comes to mobility and connectivity. Will the iPhone make an impact there? The iPhone will be distributed by KT, though SK Telecoms will be following suit. SK serves 50% of Korean [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 9, 2009
A new touchscreen smartphone has been introduced in Korea. remember folks, both the Koreans and Japanese are well ahead of the rest of the world in mobile technology, so this new line of mobiles are pretty exciting. The W Phone will be distributed by subsidiary SK Telecom and will fetch an equivalent of $518 per [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 21, 2009
We know that iriver is one of the best PMP makers in the world, but will it succeed in the PND/ GPS market? The mini version of the iRiver NV has been upgraded via firmware to be mounted on your bike as a personal navigator. Equipped with a 3.5-inch touchscreen that takes input from a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 17, 2009
Not the most exciting PMP news, but it’s worth mentioning. The MP Navi “Eye Touch” PMP is a 4.3-inch touchscreen player with oh-so typical, even Chinesy looks. We don’t hear WiFi or GPS built-in but we’re pretty sure it’s a very solidly built device. It also at the fairly low price of $114 or its [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 24, 2009
In terms of build, the Viliv S5 MID (or UMPC, whatever you want to call it) is one of the better buys on its niche, though we were hoping the UMID mbook improves on its current hardware. The Viliv S5 is an Atombased machine with a 4.8-inch WSVGA touchscreen. For $599 it is good value, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Doesn’t the bottom right just below the screen say Oil Save? Yes it does and this Korean PMP could save drivers a lotta oil with the built-in GPS. I’m not so sure I like the model name, though iQ500 isn’t exactly a name you’d want to mention especially when smart kids are inside the van. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 15, 2009
SmartQ has been one of the more visible Chinese companies in the PMP market. Their latest announcement, the SmartQ MID, sends a clear message to industry watchers: SmartQ means business. The SmartQ 5 may be a little too late to compete with the COWON Q5, nevertheless it is unmistakable the two devices have many features [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Korea’s Reigncom thought the iRiver NV is too fancy for many people so they came out with the iRiver NV Mini GPS PMP. The NV mini looks like your run-of-the-mill PND slash PMP. It even runs on Windows CE 5.0. It boasts a 3.5-inch touchscreen and has 4GB of onboard storage. This is as far [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Here’s another Korea-only personal navigation device that brings you the most bang for every buck you spend on it. Not only is it a video and audio player, it also has T-DMB and a Sirf III GPS antenna. It even has a built-in phone charger. Most interesting is the onboard alcohol sensor, a personal breathalyzer [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 2, 2008
TG’s Sambo Windows CE 5.0 PMP has a 4.8-inch 800×480 screen and powered by an RMI AU 1250 to 700MHz CPU. It’s powered like a UMPC with a processor almost as fast as a sub-notebook, matched with a rather disappointing 128MB of RAM. It has WiFi, T-DMB, plays MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, ASF, DivX3.1 1/4x/5x, [...]
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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