Archive for the ‘Korea’ Category

pwnd by the iPhone

13, Apr 2010

Samsung and LG are quite obviously hurting according to this article by Korea Times.
I think this highlights what i’ve been saying a long time.  Korean tech companies cannot rely on hardware, and specs to drive them forever.  As this article points out that wave is cresting pretty quickly.  What they need to do is elevate [...]

KIA Soul TVC

1, Apr 2010

I found an article talking about the success that Kia has found with it’s latest TV commercials and branding.  Done by US boutique creative shop, David&Goliath the TVC does a great job of capturing the style, the benefits of the car, and appealing to the target audience.  No wonder that Kia has found sales spike, [...]

Greedy Korea Telecoms

27, Jul 2009

The Korea Times reported on a very well written article (for once) that outlined the major issue(s) and problems facing the mobile internet industry in Korea.  To sum it up basically the Korean telecoms are greedy bastards and would rather cripple the entire mobile internet industry, ignore the customer, and stunt technological growth out of [...]


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