Pantech Vega Xpress comes with DDR2 memory, extravagant performance claims
Pantech 's bringing a new wrinkle to the mobile hardware space with its newly announced Vega Xpress handset. This 4-inch Android 2.2 beastie will come equipped with an unspecified amount of DDR2 RAM -- yes, the stuff that usually goes into x86 laptop and desktop computers -- which Pantech will have you believe is going to blow the competition out of the proverbial water. The company claims the new phone doubles 3D graphics performance relative to its previous best, while power efficiency is also said to be two to three times better
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 480-resolution, engadget, korea, mobile, msm8255, pantechvegaxpress, power, qualcomm, specs-include
Samsung’s Bada 2.0 to move to ‘web-centric’ apps, getting ad framework and multitasking
We're still hesitant to call Bada a "smartphone platform" in the same breath as Android and iOS -- but despite our best attempts to write it off, Samsung's homegrown handset platform keeps chugging and expanding to new hardware.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bada, bada 2.0, developer-event, entry, handset, korea, rumor, samsung, south-korea, web
Dell Venue Thunders into Korea this month with Android 2.2 and 4.1-inch Gorilla Glass screen
Dell's keeping up its usual habit of sneaking devices out with today's announcement of the Dell Venue for launch in South Korea.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 2.2, actually-been, cousin, dell, froyo, habit, handsets, korea, launch, official, smartphone, southkorea, venue-thunders
Pantech P8000 does Android, could definitely be AT&T bound
Though Pantech takes a back seat to Samsung and LG year after year, Korea's third-largest phone maker still does a good bit of business with North American carriers -- and its partnership with AT&T goes way back (remember the tiny C300 clamshell for Cingular?).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: att, bluetooth, engadget-mobile, entry, korea, pantech, phone, result, rumor, samsung, seat, way-considering
SK Telecom’s Android action figures as flexible as the OS itself (video)
Here you go: Androski, the skiing Android mascot. He certainly gets more exercise than you (at least he meets more snow bunnies), and he'll look great on your desk.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: action figures, break, bunnies, korea, republic, result, sk telecom, south korea ship, southkoreaship, sun, telecom, toys, video
Samsung Galaxy S sales surpass five million, world domination plans still on track
Believe it or not, Samsung is only now getting around to introducing its Galaxy S handset to the fine isle of Japan.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 5 million, five-million, galaxy, galaxy s family, galaxy tab, gps, handsets, korea, rest, result, sales, samsung
Samsung switches up the alphabet soup, launches Galaxy U in Korea
We'd previously heard about South Korean carrier LG U+ picking up a moderately downscaled version of the Galaxy S series as the Galaxy U before... and, well, sure enough, here it is.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: engadget-mobile, entry, galaxy u, hitting-stores, korea, lgu, record, result, samsung, soup
LG enlists ‘Z Boy’ to promote Optimus Z, resembles an open source Zorro
Now that LG's new Optimus Z is available from both KT and SK Telecom in South Korea, it's obviously time to promote it -- and how better to promote a hot new smartphone launch than with a random mashup of the green Android dude and Zorro? Actually, this fella is actually "Z Boy," a tribute to the "Z" in "Optimus Z" -- but he's sporting the Zorro look as he wanders the streets of Seoul for the next month looking for victims potential buyers for the 5 megapixel, WVGA-equipped Android handset. With major entrants from Motorola, Samsung, and LG in the market, Android competition in South Korea is nearly as heated as it is across Europe and North America -- so yes, if you've got to win over a few customers with a big, lovable robot wearing a face mask, then by all means, LG, do your thing.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: entry, fella, korea, launch, obviously-time, open-source, result, robot, seoul, south-korea, southkorea
Pantech drops AMOLED completely due to shortage, may resume use in 2H 2011
The Pantech Vega that just hit Korea may boast a sizable 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, but don't expect future phones from the Helio manufacturer to follow suit -- after suffering the same shortages that drove HTC to Sony's SLCD-illuminated doorstep , Pantech's also temporarily giving active-matrix organic technology the boot. Now, you may not give two nickels about the technologies in Pantech's next handset, but the firm's got a finger on the industry's pulse. So when an unnamed executive says "phones to be rolled out in the first half of next year" won't use AMOLED, that hints at when the shortage for US-bound devices might also let up.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: handset, korea, oled, result, samsung, samsung mobile display, screens, shortage, sony
Samsung Galaxy U and Galaxy K add to the alphabet soup in South Korea
SK Telecom already offers a version of the Galaxy S -- but it's often the case that two or all three of Korea's top wireless players want in on the same hot handsets, so it's no surprise to hear that rivals LG U+ and KT are both working on flavors of their own. Confusingly, they'll be called the Galaxy U and the Galaxy K -- apparently in tribute to their carriers' names -- but they'll both be a touch smaller than the original S, clocking in at 3.7 inches (see the U pictured next to an S above).
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: engadget, flavors, galaxy, galaxy u, galaxyu, korea, lguplus, often-the-case, samsung, south-korea, street