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  Samsung today announced SHW-A170K touchscreen phone that has already been announced by KT in October. Sure, the button icons look a bit different but rest of the features are same. The SHW-A170K takes the crown in South Korea for being the first phone with Near Field Communication (NFC) support. NFC is a short-range communication [...]

  South Korea has got its first phone equipped with NFC or Near Field Communication technology. KT today unveiled the SHW-A170K which sports NFC technology and uses NFC compatible USIM. An NFC phone is like a contactless card that can be used to make payments or buy tickets, gift cards etc. Currently, companies like GS [...]

  KT subscribers may have been last in the line to receive Samsung’s Galaxy S variant but they’re the first ones to get Android 2.2 on their Galaxy S phone. Samsung today announced Galaxy K (SHW-M130K) for KT and runs Android 2.2 (Froyo) out-of-the-box. Apart from the OS bump (which other Galaxy S’ are expected [...]

  KT’s Galaxy variant – Galaxy K that was supposed to go on sale this month has now been confirmed for next month. KT spokeswoman Kim Yoon Jeong hasn’t said anything about the phone’s price but KT will confirm it when the release is imminent. As per previous rumors, Galaxy K will feature a 3.7-inch [...]

  UPDATE: Samsung’s NORi F is also available in Hong Kong. After bringing the original Nori to the South Korean market last month, Samsung has announced Nori F (SHW-A200) for SKT, LG U+ and and KT. Nori F aka Nori Folder’s uniqueness comes with LED illumination on the front side of the phone that can [...]

  Samsung has announced a new touchscreen phone in South Korea targeted at first time touch users. The SHW-A250 will arrive on SKT and KT and is more of a Corby-like line for the domestic market. A250 features a 2.8-inch touch-sensitive display, 2MP camera, T-DMB, Bluetooth, up to 5000 contacts phonebook capacity, up to 16GB [...]

  SKT is currently the only one selling Galaxy S in South Korea and it seems Samsung wants to expand its offering to other operators as well. We’ve seen LGT’s (now LG U+) M130 (called as Galaxy U) and now Chosun is reporting that Samsung plans to sell its Galaxy device via KT as well. [...]

  After releasing WinMo 6.5 update for SKT Omnia Pop owners, Samsung has released the OS update for KT users as well. Omnia Pop (SPH-M7200) users on KT can download the DG16 update from the new PC Studio to upgrade their devices from WinMo 6.1 to WinMo 6.5. Other than the OS upgrade, it also [...]

  Just as we expected, Samsung has made A130 clamshell phone official. It’s a Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) device and will come to both SKT and KT as SHW-A130S and SHW-A130K respectively. The USP of the phone is the integration of Wi-Fi that allows users to make calls via Wi-Fi and a dedicated button to [...]

  SKT may have got the first mover advantage but they won’t be the only one selling Galaxy S in South Korea. New Galaxy S picture has been uncovered indicating its arrival on LG Telecom. The forum post says M140L but our source suggests it as M130. It will also arrive on KT as SHW-M130K. [...]