SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top portal operator Naver said Monday that its free messaging app Line will be pre-installed on Microsoft‘s soon-to-be-released Lumia 540 smartphone, reflecting its growing popularity around the globe. “The Lumia 540 will be pre-installed with the Line application, although it does not mean that all of the future [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea took up nearly half of the global smart TV market in 2014, data showed Monday, with Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics being the only tech players to post a two-digit share. The combined market share held by the two came to 43.4 percent last year, with Samsung accounting for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Sony Korea announced on December 1 that it would release its SmartWatch3 and SmartBand Talk devices in Korea in December. Equipped with an always-on 1.4-inch display that’s based on E-ink technology to prolong battery life, users can make phone calls with the SmartBand via a Bluetooth connection to their smartphone. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Sony Korea unveiled its new perfume-bottle shaped camera, the KW11, optimized for taking selfies. The new release boasts a 21 millimeter f/2.0 lens which can be swiveled 180 degrees. It is also equipped with various functions that help to produce better selfies, such as a flick touch shutter function, [...]
“Sony, once the world’s biggest and most successful electronics firm, is now unable to regain its former glory. That’s because, according to management gurus, of the working of the silo effect.” “Although Sony gave wide-ranging independence to its divisions in the name of responsible management, it only bred an insular management culture incapable of reciprocal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The limited edition of Sony’s “Xperia Z3 Silver Green” will hit the Korean store shelves. Famed-for its superb water-proof features, Sony’s Xperia Z3 models are available in white, silver green, bronze and black colors in the global market. According to Sony, the model is now up for sale in [...]
LONDON, July 7, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Samsung and Apple account for the majority of the top 20 smartphone models sold worldwide in Q1 2014. Heavily marketed flagship devices like the iPhone 5s 16GB and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 i9500 16GB top the rankings. “Samsung’s dominance is driven by its market leading 27% market share and despite Apple’s [...]
SEOUL, Korea, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Sony Computer Entertainment Korea will host the ‘Gran Turismo 6 Time Trial Competition’ from July 29 to August 26 for players in Asia. The competition will be played on Sony’s PlayStation®3(PS3™) ‘GT Academy 2013,’ and will be held for players in Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and [...]