A new deal between Korean electronics giant Samsung and display maker Universal Display could bring advanced screens to a much broader swathe of mobile devices, including Apple’s iPhone, says analyst Jamie Townsend of TownHall Investment Research.The technology in question is called OLED, short for organic light emitting diode. Compared to other display technologies, OLED was designed to be …

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Apple is building a cheaper, 8GB iPhone 4, according to two unnamed sources who spoke with Reuters. The new version of the iPhone 4 is currently in production at a Korean manufacturer, the sources say.

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Apple is building a cheaper, 8GB iPhone 4, according to two unnamed sources who spoke with Reuters. The new version of the iPhone 4 is currently in production at a Korean manufacturer, the sources say.

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The fall-out from Apple’s iPhone location-tracking has been most notable in South Korea. The Korean government determined that the iPhone’s automatically keeping track of owners’ movements was illegal and fined the company 3 million won (while that sounds huge, it translates to a measly $2,855). Additionally, a court ordered Apple to pay iPhone-using lawyer, Kim Hyung-suk, one million won in a …

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Apple’s controversial iPhone location-tracking practices aren’t sitting well with South Korean authorities — the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) has fined the company ₩3 million, which equates to a measly $2,830 USD, for violating the country’s location information laws.

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South Korea Fines Apple $2,830 Over iPhone Data Collection

SEOUL (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s Korean unit has paid compensation to a user of its popular iPhone after collecting location data without consent, lawyers and court officials said, the first payout by the company over these complaints.

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Verizon iPhone: A version of the iPhone that uses the CDMA network technology wouldn’t necessarily be for Verizon Wireless. Sprint Nextel Corp. uses the same technology, as do some Chinese and Korean carriers. Sprint and Apple declined comment.

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Verizon iPhone: A version of the iPhone that uses the CDMA network technology wouldn’t necessarily be for Verizon Wireless. Sprint Nextel Corp. uses the same technology, as do some Chinese and Korean carriers. Sprint and Apple declined comment.

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iPhone cracks 1 million mark in Korea

On September 22, 2010, in iPhone, by admin

South Korea’s KT this week said it had passed one million iPhone sales after nine months of having the device in the country. The marker was passed on August 16, almost a month before the Korean iPhone 4 launch, and is known to be accelerating with the launch of the current model. KT is still trying to fulfill the now 350,000 back orders for the iPhone 4 and expects to have reached 1.2 million …

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iPhone 4 sales in S.Korea start this week

On September 5, 2010, in iPhone, by admin

South Korean telecom operator KT Corp said on Sunday it planned to begin selling Apple’s iPhone 4 this week amid growing competition to expand in the potentially lucrative smartphone market.

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