Tag: South Korea
Korea/Japan Week: Samsung's touchscreen mobile phone recommender
How do you decide what new phone to buy? Well, it depends on whether you drink wine or beer. Whether you put your trousers or shirt on first in the morning. Whether you like handbags or console gaming.
A nifty touchscreen gadget in Samsung's Anycall Studio store in Seoul uses these questions to decide what phone you should buy. See how I fared in the video below (yes, I accidentally said I was a woman). It's hard to see this sort of tech appearing in Carphone Warehouse any time soon, but you never know…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 20-Aug-07: iPods, Windows Home Server, Fark, pirate DVDs, Facebook
– iPods are scarce in South Korea, with all advertising grinding to a halt also (Gadget Lab)
– Windows Home Server may drop on August the 27th (Engadget)…
Robot marries man in permissive South Korea
And woman. Together. For ever, or at least for a couple of years until they get fed up of each others’ breathing sounds and snoring, then file for a fully automated divorce.
The wedding took place in South Korea and, apparently, marks the first ever time a robot has assisted in a wedding. Not quite in the same league as the first trans-Atlantic…