SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Criticism of smartwatches is mounting as they continue to fail to overcome drawbacks such as short battery capacity and limited compatibility. Smartwatches still remain supplementary devices to complement smartphones. According to the KISDI’s (Korea Information Society Development Institute) report, ‘Changes in the Smartwatch Market, its Trends and Future’, the [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s No. 1 tech giant, uploaded a poster of a seemingly round watch screen on its website on Friday implying that its next smartwatch’s shape will be circular. The poster, which reads “Get Ready For The Next Gear,” shows what appears to be a round smartwatch, [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As Samsung’s smart watches including Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit are getting popular in Korea, the days of wearable devices seem to be around the corner. An interesting thing is that the government is not conducting tests to measure electromagnetic waves generated by the current models. [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – As Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motors have shown interest in smart car-related technologies following the footsteps of Apple and Google, the prices of stocks in this area are ascending fast. The share price of MDS Tech has risen 54.26 percent while those of Bridgetec and Infobank have gone up [...]
AUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – ABI Research reports that smartphone components are being used in smartwatches in lieu of optimized smartwatch components, even when claimed otherwise. Teardowns of a number of devices found that nobody has an optimal wearable peripheral solution yet. The Samsung Galaxy Gear and Z-watch use application processors originally targeted for smartphone/tablets [...]
![[Feature] Another Shame on Korea, Samsung’s “Poor” Crisis Management](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-800x500.jpg "[Feature] Another Shame on Korea, Samsung’s “Poor” Crisis Management")
SEOUL, Korea, April 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Recently, The Wall Street Journal published a story doubting the crisis management ability of the Korean government revealed in the tragic accident of the sunken ferry Sewol. In it, the world-renowned news media said the leadership of President Park Geun-hye is being tested with several mishaps committed [...]