http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/15/kt.to.bring.wibro.compatible.samsung.handset/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/samsungm8400intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Korean wireless provider KT is planning on releasing a smartphone that supports the country's WiBro mobile broadband network, which is the equivalent of WiMAX in Korea. The smartphone will be made by Samsung and go by the SPH-M8400 model name. Other than WiBro, it will also have WCDMA (3G) network support and a Wi-Fi connection, which earns it the 3W designation from KT. The photo of the M8400 als... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/15/kt.to.bring.wibro.compatible.samsung.handset/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/samsung.amoled.12m.ships.with.3x.zoom/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/samsungamoled12m.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung Mobile left little time for a recent leak to sit and today launched the AMOLED 12M. Already the company's second 12-megapixel camera phone, the touchscreen phone is rare in having true 3X optical zoom as wll as other features of dedicated cameras, such as tap-to-focus, a xenon flash and image stabilization. Its name appropriately betrays the 3.3-inch, 800x480 AMOLED display and its more ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/samsung.amoled.12m.ships.with.3x.zoom/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/south.korea.cell.rate.plans/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/samsungb6700-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The South Korean government's Communications Commission today ordered (subscription required) that carriers cut their subscription rates. The act follows up election promises by President Lee Myung-bak and will have all three major carriers in the country slash their voice, data and bundle prices by varying degrees. SK Telecom, which has just over half of the Korean market, will cut its voice ra... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/south.korea.cell.rate.plans/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/korea.rules.now.permit.iphone.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/iphone3gs-3sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />South Korea's Communications Commission on Wednesday cleared a path for Apple to legally sell the iPhone in the country. The organization said (subscription required) that it would waive a normal rule that requires domestic location software and instead let individual carriers obtain permission for Apple on its behalf. The iPhone's operating system code base and policies on third-party software ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/korea.rules.now.permit.iphone.sales/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/07/iphone.coming.to.korea/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/kt.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The iPhone has finally been confirmed for a Korean introduction through the local carrier KT, according to Telecoms Korea. A separate company, SK Telecom, also claims to have been involved in talks with Apple. It remains unclear, however, if Apple plans to offer the smartphone through multiple carriers instead of establishing an exclusive deal.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/07/iphone.coming.to.korea/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/08/motorola.rokr.in.korea/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/motorokrtouch.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Motorola Korea on Wednesday announced it has launched the simply titled ROKR handset, one of its only touchscreen handsets outside of the Ming and Krave lines. A new panorama user interface supports three separate screens, maximizing the amount of shortcuts users can place on the screen. The touchscreen slides up to reveal a numerical keypad for dialing numbers. As with other ROKR handsets, music ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/08/motorola.rokr.in.korea/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/28/moto.v10.outed.in.korea/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/motov10intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Motorola last week introduced its MOTO V10 for the Korean market, which sports a body color that flows from black at the top of the handset to red at the bottom. The dual-color body has a soft feel material on its backside for a better grip.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/28/moto.v10.outed.in.korea/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/16/verizon.hub.app.store/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/verizonhub.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Internet-connected Verizon Hub home phone may soon get its own applications store, according to a Wednesday report. The phone, launched in the US on February 1st, already gets updates through the Internet for weather and traffic information, and users can watch videos via Verizon's V CAST service, but is now set to open to third-party software that would enable new tasks using the Internet, GP... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/16/verizon.hub.app.store/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/14/sk.telecom.app.store.due/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/samsunginstinct-2.png' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The largest wireless provider in South Korea, SK Telecom, announced at a gathering of over 1,000 industry professionals and software developers on Monday that it will launch an application store in trial stages this June, with a full-fledged debut coming in September. The store will differ from originator Apple's App Store as it will cater to four cell phone operating systems, including Windows Mo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/14/sk.telecom.app.store.due/ Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/25/samsung.haptic.8m/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/samsunghaptic8m.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung today grew its touchscreen phone line by one and launched the Haptic 8M. The phone's name comes both through the haptic (vibration) feedback on its very high-resolution, 480x800 3.3-inch display but also an 8-megapixel camera that can tag and recognize faces in photos. It also carries flash, detects smiles and scans business cards.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/25/samsung.haptic.8m/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:15:00 GMT