Posts Tagged ‘South Korea’

Samsung T-Omnia2 Marks More Than 300,000 Unit Sales

Three months ago, Samsung Electronics partnering with South Korea’s largest telecom provider SK Telecom, has launched the Samsung T-Omnia II and just recently it has reached an accumulative sale of 300,000 units. More than double of the sale of its previous version, the Samsung Omnia I.

The Samsung Omnia II differs from the one offered for the global market. It features a mobile TV (T-DMB) and a changed keypad design. It has user-friendly user interface (UI) including 3.7-inch Haptic AMOLED display, 5-megapixel camera module with auto focus and smile shot functions. It sports a powerful 800Mhz CPU, internal memory options are 2GB or 8GB, and additional external memory supports up to 16GB. Other features include GPS, Wi-Fi, Blutooth, and DivX.

Samsung T-Omnia II’s biggest competitor in the smartphone South Korean market remains to be Apple’s iPhone which is also recording good sales.

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Basic Tips On Asian Traveling

Asia is becoming more and more the place to travel for a lot of Westerners. It’s easy to see why. The Asian region is so diverse and exotic when it comes to its people and its culture. A lot of Western tourists though a bit intimidated by traveling to Asia than traveling to Europe, the US or South America. The language is a big factor.

But now that the Asian region is opening up and becoming partially Westernized, traveling to Asia can now be easily enjoyed. Here are some tips on how you can have some adventure and new experiences when you travel to Asia.

Keep in mind that Asia is the biggest continent. It is not homogenous and not all countries you can cover by simply taking a train. Asia is comprised of several countries with hundreds of different cultures you can explore. A lot of islands can be found in the Asian region as well.

The best thing to do first is to find out which are best interests you. You may want to explore: • East Asia which includes China, Mongolia, North and South Korea, and Japan. • Southeast Asia is composed of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines. • South Asia region includes India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan; • Southwest Asia includes Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait; This region is also called the Middle East. • Russia and the states of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan Uzbekistan.

Learn about travel restrictions and the visa requirements of a country before you embark on your Asian travel. Some of the countries above are not safe for travel. North Korea most probably won’t give you a visa while other countries like Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand are easier to get in to.

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