Korea
Samsung accused of data collection in Korea, refutes it
A study conducted by Graduate School of Information Security at Korea University claims that pre-loaded apps on Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note can record user’s private information like contacts, emails and other data. However, Samsung has released a statement that flatly denies the findings saying they “never collected or used private [...]
Samsung sends auditors from Korea to audit Australia biz operations
Samsung HQ in South Korea have sent 13 auditors to Australia to check on the region’s operations. The report from Smarthouse claims that the surprise audit is a result of a tip-off from a former Samsung executive alleging irregularities in the sale of second goods. Samsung auditors are currently probing 10-year old transactions and [...]
Samsung sells more than 10k 3D LED TVs in South Korea
Launched on Feb 25, Samsung’s 3D LED TVs are enjoying good sales in their domestic market. Samsung has announced that they’ve managed to sell more than 10000 units of its 7000 and 8000 Series 3D LED TVs in six weeks. On an average, about 300 units from 7000 Series and 245 units from 8000 [...]
Samsung prepping Corby Folder
Samsung has got larger plans for its Corby range. After giving us a full-touch candybar, sliding QWERTY and Corby headsets, new images confirm that the Korean phone maker is preparing a clamshell version. Expectedly, the phone will be light on pocket and will come in multitude of colors. As for the specs, we can [...]
Samsung sells more than million units of Yu-Na Haptic in Korea
The Yu-Na Haptic device that was launched early this year has crossed an important milestone of selling more than a million units. The achievement came in under 7 months of its launch, making it the fastest selling phone for Samsung in the home market. Yu-Na Haptic features a 3-inch touchscreen display, DMB, 3MP camera, [...]
Samsung Application Store comes to Korea via SK Telecom
Samsung has got its impending Application Store to its domestic market. But unlike the European launch, Samsung’s Store in South Korea will be a part of SK Telecom’s App Store. It’s scheduled to go live tomorrow and will operate as a ‘Shop inside a Shop’. There won’t be a vast collection of apps initially [...]
Samsung will launch LiMo compliant SCH-M510 in Korea
UPDATE: Take it as pure speculation but the M510 could be Vodafone H1 in SKT’s garb since the claimed specs match exactly with H1. 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 [...]
SCH-W920 DMB equipped phone for South Korea
Koreans only wanting to enjoy live television on their phones and don’t care much about other features can go for the recently announced W920 from Samsung. The 12.9mm thick phone is equipped with S-DMB, 3000 phonebook memory, 3MP camera, front facing camera for video calling, SOS, music player, Bluetooth, e-dictionary and pre-installed TOEIC/TOEFL tests. [...]
Samsung AMOLED 12M (SCH-W880) announced in Korea [Updated w/ specs]
UPDATE: Specs added below and sadly, there’s no word on Wi-Fi or GPS. UPDATE 2: GSMArena has got some live pictures of the phone and reckons Samsung will swap T-DMB with Wi-Fi and GPS in M8920 (international version). After being revealed couple of times in the past few days, Samsung has rightly made the [...]
SPH-W8400 slider coming to KT soon
Samsung’s new slider will reach the KT users soon. The SPH-W8400 is a decent slider phone and features a 2.4-inch (240×320) display, 3.6Mbps HSDPA, SOS function, GPS, microSD slot supporting up to 16GB, 2MP camera and Bluetooth. The phone also features a specially designed battery cover for better grip. No word on the price. [...]