Four big carriers targeting LiMo phone releases this year
Hey, remember LiMo ? Yeah, us neither, but the stealthiest of major mobile platform coalitions is back in the spotlight today on news that four top global carriers -- France Telecom's Orange, Telefonica (presumably via O2 and Movistar), Verizon, and Korea's SKT will all be launching LiMo-based phones by year-end. As a refresher, Big Red jointed the LiMo Foundation way back in 2008 , so it's interesting to see that they're still looking to play ball; the platform has typically been billed as more of a carrier-facing initiative than a consumer-facing one, so realistically, end users are likely going to perceive nothing other than a little more dumbphone synergy across the lineup than they do now
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: carriers, coalitions, france, korea, mobile, presumably-via, result, spotlight, verizon, windows
LG’s Snapdragon-powered LU2300 Android handset gets official
This one's been floating around for a while now and just spotted in the wild last week , but LG has finally come clean with its new LU2300 Android handset, albeit in a somewhat roundabout way on its official UK blog.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: available-over, entry, handset, handset-gets, korea, lglu2300, release, result, slider, support, u2300-android
Samsung acquires ‘Android’ trademark for mobile hardware sales in Korea
As it turns out, Korea operates two separate trademark systems for hardware and software.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: authorities, chocolate, clearly-decided, intellectualproperty, korea, korean, legal, manufacturers, Mobile Phone, result
LG Andro-1 is a GW620 with a Korean keyboard, funnier name
Before this fancy-sounding LU2300 that we've been hearing about rolls in, LG's got another Android-powered phone in mind for its domestic market -- but we would've never guessed it'd be a rehash of a tired model that's been sold internationally for several months now. Indeed, the KH5200 "Andro-1" is little more than a remix of the GW620 QWERTY slider -- a phone known as Eve to its Canadian buyers -- with a 3-inch HVGA display and 5 megapixel cam on board. It's said the phone could launch on KT as soon as next week for around 600,000 won ($531), but what might make it more palatable is chatter that they'll get the sucker down to a nice, round 0 won on plans of 45,000 won or higher.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: eve, korea, korean, make-it-more, megapixel-cam, result, said-the-phone, servitude, slider
Are there any Android phones in South Korea?
I move to South Korea in a couple of weeks, but could not find any information on Android phones, which currently are not there. I have heard of the Samsung I7500, but nothing else. Does anyone know if Google phones currently in South Korea or where everything comes out?
LG’s LU2300 set to challenge Samsung’s M100S for Korean Android dominance?
Eternal archrivals-to-the-death Samsung and LG have a tendency to match one another tit for tat in virtually every consumer electronic category, but for whatever reason, LG's been far less interested in going for broke with Android over the past year -- though a preoccupation with Windows Phone 7 Series is a solid guess at this point. Things may be changing, though, now that we've got news out of Telecoms Korea that they're prepping a more brutal assault than the weakling GW620 could ever provide in the form of a so-called LU2300 for the domestic market (we're assuming the actual thing will be a little more...
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other, nexus one Tags: domestic-market, korea, korean-android, nexus, nexus one, over-the-past, snapdragon, south-korea, southkorea, telecoms, tendency, windows-phone
Samsung Corby Folder official, just for Korea so far
Samsung's Corby line has a reputation as a fun, simple, cheap, colorful range of handsets, and that trend looks to continue now that the Corby Folder has gone official -- in the domestic South Korean market, anyway. The first Corby with a hinge keeps it relatively simple (by Korean standards) with a 2.6-inch QVGA display, 3G data (HSPA or EV-DO Rev. A depending on the carrier), Bluetooth, microSD expansion, a 3 megapixel camera, and naturally, DMB mobile TV reception.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: black, Carrier, domestic, entry, green, korea, markets, mobile, south-korea, south-korean
LG LU9400 Arena Max pictured hiding a 1GHz Snapdragon inside
Another day, another Snapdragon handset.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, arenamax, bluetooth, branding-tells, korea, lg arena max, lu9400, mwc 2010, south-korea
Korea First Android Smart Phone MOTOROLA ‘MOTOROI’ BASIC
Korea First Android Smart Phone MOTOROLA ‘MOTOROI’ BASIC
Samsung answers Motorola with Android-powered SHW-M100S for Korea
You might've thought that one of the local players would've been the first to announce Android gear for South Korea, but that honor ended up going to Motorola with its MOTOROI -- so who's next up to bat? That'd be Samsung, which has unveiled its biggest, baddest Android device to date in the SHW-M100S which features a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED display (same as the Nexus One ), 5 megapixel cam, 802.11n (yes, n!) WiFi, Android 2.1, and -- of course -- a T-DMB mobile TV tuner