The Korea Herald

Weaker prices dent Korea’s IT exports

Sept 7, 2011

South Korea’s exports of information technology products shrank from a year earlier for the second straight month in August largely on lower global prices, the government said Wednesday.The country exported $13.06 billion worth of IT products last month, down 2.4 percent from $13.39 billion in the s
‘iPhone to overtake Nokia in smartphone shipments’

Sept 7, 2011

U.S. IT giant Apple is set to become the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer by volume, overtaking Nokia for the first time, a report showed on Tuesday.According to DigiTimes, a Taipei-based daily, Apple is expected to take 19 percent of the global smartphone market with shipments of 86.4 millio
LCD prices hit record low on oversupply, weak demand

Sept 7, 2011

Prices of liquid crystal display panels, a key export item for South Korea’s technology firms, plunged to all-time lows on oversupply and weak demand, industry data showed Wednesday. The latest data compiled by DisplaySearch showed that not only the prices of large-size LCD panels for TVs, but also
iphone 5 would be thinner and wider

Sept 5, 2011

Rumor has it that Apple’s iPhone 5 will be wider, longer, and thinner than its predecessor.Italian blog MacityNet recently posted set of new photos of iPhone cases and claimed that these cases will fit the next generation of Apple’s smartphones. Case manufacturers become frequent sources for Apple r
Kakao Talk set to embrace social games

Sept 4, 2011

Kakao Talk, the country’s most popular messenger app for smartphones, is to team up with a game developer in a bid to open up a fresh revenue channel amid heightened industry-wide interest in such messenger apps. Kakao Talk has been widely adopted by users of Apple’s iPhone and Android-based smartph
Samsung puts new Galaxy Tab on hold as Apple pulls court order

Sept 4, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. is halting promotion of its latest tablet computer in Germany after Apple Inc. won a second injunction blocking Galaxy Tab sales there as one of the world’s largest electronics shows gets under way. Samsung, Apple’s closest rival in tablet computers, pulled the just-unveiled
Scientists develop optical film to produce 3D images

Sept 2, 2011

South Korean scientists said Friday that they have developed an optical film that enables ordinary displays to show images in three dimensions (3D).The Seoul National University (SNU) team said the special film uses the Lucius prism array principle to get an effect similar to the one created by view
Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theater

Aug 31, 2011

TOKYO (AP) _ Sony is launching a head mounted display that provides a three dimensional theater of music videos, movies and games. Head Mounted Display “Personal 3D Viewer” (HMZ-T1) (www.Sony.net)Sony Corp. showed the 60,000 yen ($800) ``HMZ personal 3-D viewer‘’ Wednesday. The machine is set to go
IFA 2011 to feature new wireless gadgets, 3-D TVs

Aug 30, 2011

Samsung plans to unveil new Bada phones; LG readies smart 3-D TVs with new contentLocal firms are preparing to showcase a wide range of wireless gadgets as well as 3-D TVs for the global trade show IFA which is scheduled to be held from Sept. 2-7 in Berlin.LG Electronics, which is expected to concen
Apple wins more delay from Samsung in Australia tablet sale

Aug 29, 2011

Apple Inc. won a further delay in the release of Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest tablet computer in Australia, with the South Korean company agreeing not to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 until the end of September. Apple, based in Cupertino, California, sued Samsung in Sydney Federal Court last month, c
SK Telecom wins 'golden' spectrum license for 995b won

Aug 29, 2011

SK Telecom acquired the 20-megahertz band of the 1.8 gigahertz range for 995 billion won ($926.67 million) in the country’s first wireless broadband spectrum auction after its rival KT Corp. withdrew from the competition on Monday.The Korea Communications Commission said KT decided to raise the whit
Facebook shutting down online Deals program

Aug 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Facebook is ending a Deals program launched in April which offered online bargains like Groupon, LivingSocial and other companies."After testing Deals for four months, we've decided to end our Deals product in the coming weeks," the Palo Alto, California-based social network
Samsung to showcase 4G smartphone at industry fair in Germany

Aug 28, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will introduce a new Galaxy smartphone at an industry exhibition in Germany this week as it seeks to win consumers for fourth-generation (4G), super-fast wireless service. Samsung will unveil the 4G version of the Galaxy S II smartphone at the IFA electronics s
Apple gives Tim Cook 1 million shares

Aug 27, 2011

FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple has given Tim Cook 1 million shares of restricted stock as he takes over as reins of the company from Steve Jobs. At current prices, the stock package is worth more than $383 million.Cook assumed CEO duties this week when Jobs stepped aside after 14 years, saying he was
Nokia launches its cheapest phones at $30-$35

Aug 26, 2011

HELSINKI (AP) _ Nokia on Thursday unveiled its two cheapest cellphones to date aimed at attracting users in the low end market as it fights increasing competition from Asian manufacturers.The Nokia 100 and 101 _ priced $30 ((euro) 20) and $35 ((euro) 25) respectively _ will be available in the third