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Cell Phones, Wireless
LG SH460 Becomes The ‘Ski Phone’
11.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

The sources are a little foggy on this one, but it looks like LG will be releasing the SH460, or ‘Ski Phone’ in Korea soon. The Ski phone comes from a long lineage of rather mediocre phones that are re branded with a ‘cool’ name and pushed into the hands of the less intelligent consumers [...]
Portable Audio, Portable Video
Maxian’s M1 Edu Portable Media Player
11.16.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Korean manufacture Maxian has released its new M1 Edu “Pocket Multi Player”. The most notable addition to Maxian’s newest player is its slick minimalist design. Although there are no earth shattering new features its holds its own against other PMP’s and is a huge step up from the companies previous products.
Their newest PMP features a [...]
Cell Phones, Wireless
iRiver Cell Phone Available March 9th
11.10.08 | Permalink | 41 Comments

Reigncom’s President, Myoung Woo Lee has announced that iriver will be releasing a cell phone early next year. The new iriver phone will be available from Korean carrier KT. The iriver phone concept had been spotted at CES 2008, but iriver brushed off speculation of a release claiming the phone was just a concept.
Full technical [...]
Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wireless
Digital Cubes Fifth Generation PMP The i-Station T5
11.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Digital Cube has announced their plans for a “fifth generation PMP”, if your wondering what a fifth gen PMP is your not alone. Apparently is some sort of cross between a PMP and phone, with a screen almost large enough for a UMPC.
Digital Cube’s i-station T5 sports a 4.8″ WVGA 800 x 480 display, [...]
Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Cowon P5 PMP Launches In Korea
10.26.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Cowon’s hot new premium PMP has launched in Korea. The Cowon P5 is an extremely powerful and stylish addition to Cowon’s product lineup. Powered by an Alchemy 700MHz processor the PMP delivers a wide range of media and functionality. The web browser has become standard fair for Cowon, as well as Bluetooth 2.0, DMB, electronic [...]
Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
JC Hyun’s Udea Expert 300W Multimedia E-Dictionary
08.26.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Dictionaries sure have come a long way, some may even remember when they were written on paper. The ‘Education first’ Korean market has always had a special place in their school budget for these portable electronic dictionaries.

JC Hyun recently launched the Udea Expert 300W. Yet another multimedia e-dictionary with just above every extra you can [...]
GPS, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Cowon Announces O2 and L3 PMP and Navigation
08.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Cowon has had a very exciting PMP line up this year. The latest models to appear on Cowon’s site are the S9, O2, and L3. With the newest models Cowon has shown their in it to win it, with their hot new designs all the company needs is some good global marketing and distribution to [...]
Laptop, UMPC
Everun Note: A powerful new mini notebook by Raon Digitale
08.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Raon Digital a local up and coming UMPC manufacturer has introduced the ‘Everun Note’ that claims to be the first dual-core Netbook. This little beauty, weighing 748g, with a 7″ 1,024 x 600 display, is packed with a 1.2GHz AMD Turion CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, Bluetooth connectivity, and a 12GB SSD. Other features include [...]
Handhelds, Misc. Gadgets
Sharp Korea’s RD-P1 Dictionary: Three Years Too Late?
04.10.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

The RD-P1 is the newest dictionary from Sharp Korea features over 118 different dictionaries and supports a new pen based writing recognition system, and Mp3 playback. The dictionary’s 5.4″ LCD screen and handy QWERTY keyboard are all packed into its 1.8cm thin design. The suggested retail price is W210,000 ($215 USD), but [...]
Cell Phones
Sky’s IM-S310L ‘Quilt’ Mobile Phone
04.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Sky released a new phone featuring a diamond pattern on the front. Little else about the phone is new, it features the same old 2.4″ QVGA screen and a less then optimal 1.3 mega pixel camera. The phone does mobile banking with the BankON service, plays mp3’s, and has an electronic dictionary that comes [...]