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  LG Electronics has announced a new sleek monitor for its home market. The Flatron E2290V is touted as the world’s thinnest monitor measuring just 7.2mm. Despite the thinness, the monitor does not lose any functionality. It comes in a luxurious metallic design and supports full HD resolution, has a contrast ratio of 1000000:1, 2ms [...]

  Cowon has released V5 HD PMP in its home market that comes with HD support. Scheduled to go on sale on first day of 2010, the PMP is capable decode H.264 and play on your HDTV via the integrated HDMI-out. The 197g player features a 4.8-inch touchscreen display with 16.7M color support (800×480), Cowon’s [...]

  So what is LG’s mantra to please its home crowd this Christmas? To come with a special edition Chocolate phone of course and also upgrade something in design and specs. The slim and tall BL40 Chocolate now comes in a black hue decorated lovely gold design at the back. Additionally, camera has also undergone [...]

  Samsung has confirmed to launch the first LiMo compliant handset in their home market by the end of this year. The SCH-M510 will be released by SK Telecom making it the first LiMo handset for Korea and 45th globally. Samsung’s announcement comes on the same day as the announcement by South Korean Ministry of [...]

  After being revealed couple of times in the past few days, Samsung has rightly made the world’s first phone with 12MP camera and optical zoom official. AMOLED 12M or SCH-W880 can take pictures at 12 megapixel resolution and offers 3x optical zoom, 2x digital zoom, 720p video recording (1280×720) at 30fps and Xenon flash. [...]

  Samsung has unveiled the 80 Series SyncMaster LCD monitors in Korea. The 20- and 23-inch, F2080 and F2380 respectively will ship from September 14 and brings in number of features to woo the professional class. The SyncMaster 80 Series boasts a viewing angle of 178 degrees, has a static contrast of 3000:1 while the [...]

  It’s been a while since Motorola announced a good looking phone and now when they have, it will be apparently restricted to the Korean shores only. Motorola’s ROKR series got a new addition in the form of ZN50 that not only brings some looks but also features. It’s a slider phone featuring a full [...]

  LG has announced two new ultra-slim LED TVs in Seoul, marking their official entry in the full LED-backlit LCD TV arena. The 55-inch models – 55LH95 and 55LH93 are touted to offer a clearer and brighter picture quality than the competition, thanks to its 3,360 LEDs, which are seven times more than the current [...]

  Daewoo has launched a netbook spec’ed tablet PC that will most likely be sold in Korea only. Anyways, keeping the geographical considerations aside, the specs are really netbookish because there is nothing extraordinary you would find apart from the touchable display. The tablet netbook has an 8.9-inch screen with 1024×600 resolution, Windows XP Home [...]

  Sony has announced limited edition PSP-3005 for the Korean market. Starting from June 26, Koreans will be able to snag three different variants of limited edition PSPs according to their gaming or the entertainment needs. The following packs will be available at the constant price of 278,000 Won: – PSP-3005 with DMB Tuner and [...]

  Samsung has let out a few more details about its Projector phone. The phone will be out in Korea this month and will be sold under the model name W7900. Europeans on the other hand, will get it soon, by which I presume in March followed by the rest of the regions. Samsung has [...]

  Pantech is trying something different to create some uniqueness for its IM-S410 phone. The phone is the world’s first wind recognition device that understands commands when a user blows air through its microphone. The phone calculates the wind speed and dynamics which can then be used to surf through images, play games and so [...]

  BMW Korea and Samsung have joined hands again to co-market their 7-Series cars with Samsung phones. In addition to the previous features like Bluetooth hands-free and iDrive controller, the premium 7-Series will offer wireless charging for Samsung’s premium phone, T*Omnia (SCH-M490 in Korea). The phone needs to be kept on the designated place and [...]

  The canU series from LG today saw a new addition almost after a year. It is the canU-S1000 phone which is equipped with an AMOLED screen. The phone boasts a crisp 2.8-inch WQVGA (400X240) AMOLED screen, OZ service (3G service by LG Telecom), DMB, 180 degrees rotating screen, m-commerce and a Japanese dictionary. The [...]

  LG has revealed a new stylish looking 3.5-inch hard drive to please their home crowd. The XD4 is graced by a nice glossy black aluminum finish and features a one touch backup button, enhanced durability and a cooling system to keep the heat levels at a minimum. The drives will come in capacities of [...]