Archive for: korea

32GB S9 by Cowon looks slick, now lets you carry more tunes

  • April 14, 2009 11:41 am

cowon-s9

It seems as if here in America we get the truly unique, innovative, and downright gorgeous looking tech last (or at least not first) all of the time.  Based on the intro sentense if you were figuring I was going to follow it with a more upbeat and inspiring sentence, I’m sorry to inform you this is not the case.  In the picture above we see a very slick looking PMP by Cowon, the S9, which the company has finally released in a 32GB version.  Said features a 3.3-inch AMOLED screen with firmware that supports multiple page widget screens ensuring the media hounds will get their fill.  With the new ceiling of 32 gigs, instead of having to pick and choose the tracks you want to carry just bring ‘em all with ya!  Yet again we stateside folks are leftl waiting in anticipation impatiently for the chance to get our hands and ears on this thing as those lucky Koreans get this new more capacious hotness first.  If you are in fact interested and know a little Korean, scrounge up $287 and hit up the product page link below.

 

Source: Engadget, PMP Today, DAP Review, [Product Page]

1Gbps downloads coming to Korea by 2012

  • February 2, 2009 4:16 pm

speedometer

While our current joke of a government crawls along thinking 222Kbps is “broadband”, other countries are upping that number daily.  Today’s story…Korea.  Over the next 3 years, the Korea Communications Commission will be spending $24 billion on building out a 1Gbps network to allow insanely fast downloads.  How fast?  The  2 hour movie that took you 40-50 minutes today will take you 10-12 seconds in Korea by 2012!  The only bad part about this is that only larger cities will have access to the 1Gbps speeds while smaller cities and rural areas will have to “make-do” with 50-100Mbps speeds.  Shoot, I wish our download speeds here in the states were half of the “loner” group in Korea.  Sadly, by the time 1Gbps speeds come to the mass public the latest craze will have moved on to tele transporters and flying cars.

 

Source: Gizmodo