Samsung Sees Big China Boost With Olympics

Samsung Electronics Co. is spending more than $100 million on its sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics, a sum that is helping fuel faster growth in one of the company’s biggest and most important markets, its top China executive said.
China has long been a major manufacturing base for Samsung, and sales of its cellphones and other [...]

LG Display to cut output by 10% in downturn

LG Display Co. Ltd., the world’s No. 2 maker of liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, said
Sunday it would cut its panel output by around 10 percent until August because of weakening global demand.
South Korea-based LG Display joins Taiwan rivals AU Optronics Corp. and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. in the move to reduce production and ease [...]

Samsung Opens First Appliances Experience Store In China

Samsung has opened its first appliances experience store in China in Suning Taipingzhuang branch, Beijing.
Located on the third floor of Suning Taipingzhuang branch, the Samsung appliances experience store covers an area of 300 square meters and it is divided into the products experience area and the digital training center. Products showed in this store include [...]

HTC’s ‘Touch Dual’ smartphone debuts in South Korea

The world’s top smartphone maker High Tech Computer Corp. announced a deal with Korean telecoms operator SK Telecom for its “Touch Dual” phone, marking its first entry into the highly competitive market.
SK Telecom launched the HTC touch-screen Windows Mobile smartphone in South Korea Tuesday and is also considering launching HTC’s next version “Touch Diamond” smartphone [...]

Beijing To Have 3G Mobile Service But With Hiccups

China has long promised that third-generation mobile phone technology will be available at the Beijing Olympics, but international travelers shouldn’t expect seamless service.
The two 3G standards widely available in the rest of the world are unlikely to work in Beijing, experts say, meaning visitors will be faced with the choice of either getting a new [...]

Apple’s iChat and China: The Perfect Marriage

With the Beijing Apple store on schedule to open for the Olympic Games, Apple (AAPL) appears ready to unleash their own sleeping giant. According to recent Chinese trends, instant messaging has replaced the conventional communication methods of text messaging, email, and social networking. “Young Chinese people don’t ask one another for email addresses. They ask [...]

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