Mobile Marketing Blog by Punchkick Interactive » korea

U.S. Mobile Industry is Behind the Times and Other Lies My Mother Told Me

Ryan Unger — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:29:11 +0000

As a resident of the United States, I’ve longed for the latest mobile phones from Japan, Korea, and other more “tech-fortunate” countries throughout APAC and Europe. I live in arguably the most powerful industrialized nation on the planet, and yet I still can’t video chat from mobile to mobile like they do in Japan. My [...]

Are cell phone projectors on the Way?

Ryan Unger — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:59:42 +0000

Via Gizmodo South Korea’s Iljin Display has been crowing about its coin-sized laser projector module for more than a year with no haps, but now the company says it’s inked a deal with South Korea Telecom (SK Telecom) to mass-produce the projector for use inside cellphones. Is Iljin’s so-called Nano Projector finally for real? [more]

Turn your fingers into a mobile phone

Ryan Unger — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:47:29 +0000

Via Tech Digest: Another winning entry to this year’s iF Concept Product Awards (albeit in a different category to the baby car seat featured earlier today) is ‘Finger Touching’, which is a wearable mobile device that turns your hand into a phone. No, really. Designed by Sunman Kwon at Hong-ik University in South Korea, it slips onto [...]

Samsung takes a stab at the iPhone with new F700

Ryan Unger — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:35:12 +0000

Via Doug and Gadgetell: In an effort to keep up with the touchscreen buzz generated by Apple’s iPhone, Samsung as created the F700. The F700 is part of Samsung’s new Ultrasmart line of phones and sports 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, a 5 megapixel shooter, your typical media functionality, Bluetooth, 2.78 inch touchscreen display, and a slick looking [...]

Nokia To Intro N77 Consumer-Priced Mobile TV Cellphone Next Week?

Ryan Unger — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:29:05 +0000

Via Gizmodo, Nokia may unveil the N77, a consumer-aimed, moderately priced cellphone with TV capabilities. Big bad Reuters let it slip that Nokia will unveil at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona next week the N77, a consumer-aimed, moderately priced cellphone with TV capabilities. The N77, which should resemble other N7x phones like the N70 here, will [...]