74% of the world’s population is now supported by Gboard.
Gboard has been my go-to Android keyboard of choice for well over a year now, and a lot more people will now be able to take advantage of its many features thanks to new language support.
Version 7.0 of Gboard is rolling out to the Play Store now for all users, and with it comes official support for Korean, simplified and traditional Chinese, and 20 other languages [Read More…]
Galaxy S8 and S8+ owners in Samsung’s home market are the first to get a fully baked Bixby experience.
Bixby, Samsung’s new AI service on the Galaxy S8, was missing its most important feature at launch. Bixby’s voice commands — a central reason for the service having its own dedicated hardware button — wasn’t operational out of the box. However from today, Korean Galaxy S8 owners can get acquainted with Samsung’s AI-based trickery. ZDNet reports that Samsung [Read More…]
We now have launch dates for this year’s biggest flagships.
A report out of Korea’s ET News suggests Samsung and LG have finalized the launch dates for their upcoming flagships. The publication states that the Galaxy S8 — which is rumored to be unveiled in New York on March 29 — will be launching globally on April 21, while the LG G6 is slated to become available on March 10 following an unveil at Mobile World Congress later this [Read More…]
The heir to Samsung’s empire is embroiled in a bribery scandal.
South Korea’s prosecutor is seeking a warrant to arrest Samsung Group’s Jay Y. Lee over bribery and embezzlement allegations. The 48-year-old executive is poised to take over control of Samsung’s business empire from his father, Lee Kun-hee. Jay Y. Lee is accused of bribing Choi Soon-sil, an aide to South Korean president Park Geun-hye, in order to secure political backing for the $ 8 billion merger [Read More…]
Samsung is rolling out an upgrade program to South Korean Note 7 customers that have traded in their Note 7 handsets for an S7 or S7 edge. Customers joining the Galaxy Upgrade program will have to sign a two-year contract and pay monthly instalments on their current device (the S7 or S7 edge) for 12 months, after which they’ll be able to upgrade to the Galaxy S8 or Note 8 for free.
Those looking to upgrade to [Read More…]
Teasers of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 7 have been flying around, and as we get closer to the August 2 event in NYC, they continue to pop up. The latest is a rather interesting and slightly crazy ad from Korea. It starts off with some teaser shots of a close up phone screen, and ends with a numbered sequence of 1 through 5 and then a question mark.
The rest of the ad can’t be properly described with [Read More…]
LG has announced the Rolly Keyboard 2, a followup to the original Rolly Keyboard Bluetooth accessory, for its home market of South Korea. Designed to work with smartphones and tablets, the Rolly Keyboard 2 can unfurl to give you quick access to a standard keyboard and built-in dock to get work done on the go. Once your done, the keyboard can be rolled right back up.
Improving on its predecessor, the Rolly Keyboard 2 now includes five [Read More…]
LG has announced its launch plans for the LG Stylus 2 for the Korean market. As the followup to 2015’s G4 Stylus, the Stylus 2 will be available from Korean carriers in the coming weeks for a price of 396,000 Korean Won (around $ 330). As far as colors are concerned, it looks like customers will have a choice between titanium, brown or white.
To recap, the LG Stylus 2 is firmly in the budget realm, packing [Read More…]
LG has unveiled a new color variant of the LG G4 for its home market of South Korea (at least for now), bringing a splash of white and gold to the handset.
