SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Toshiba(www.toshiba.co.kr) launched its 14-inch(wide) Windows Vista-certified notebook pc ?Satellite A100? in Korea market.

The Satellite A100 features Core 2 Duo T7200(2.0GHz) processor and S-ATA 160GB HDD.

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Bentek Furniture(www.bentek.co.kr) presented its flexible wooden ”Easy Chair” during 2007 Kyung Hyang Housing Fair. It can be tilted for user?s comfort. No words on pricing yet.

BARCELONA, Spain (AVING Special Report on ’3GSM World Congress 2007′) — Sagem(www.sagem.com) presented its 10mm-thick candy bar handset ?my150X? during 3GSM World Congress 2007.

Filed under: Handsets, ASUS

We admit, we were a little perplexed to see that ASUS is not “officially” endorsing this super-svelte and touchably beautiful Aura handset. Alas, the Aura was supposedly a design prototype ordered by ASUS from Hungarian design company Egy Studio. The problem is that ASUS claims the entire Aura handset is, well, a complete fake. If so, why are official-looking images of the device posted on Egy Studio’s website? This makes little sense except for ASUS possibly trying to take back information on a leaked prototype that, umm, exists at the website of an alleged design partner of the Taiwanese company. We’d all love to see this killer Aura concept come to life — but maybe it’s just not to be after all.

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BARCELONA, Spain (AVING Special Report on ’3GSM World Congress 2007′) — Sagem(www.sagem.com) presented its WCDMA and EDGE dual-mode handset ?my800C?.

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — 3Rsystem(www.3rsys.com) presented its high end middle tower HTPC case ?Mstation HT-4000? with a remote control in Korea market.

Its LCD screen displays equalizer, fan speed, temperature, CPU processing, date and programs that are currently running. It protects important data from heat and vibration thanks to aluminum heat sink and thermal pad.

It is designed to be matched with a home theater system in a living room and it can also be used as a general desktop pc case. Up to four hard disc drives can be installed. Suggested price is 200,000(KRW).

Filed under: Multimedia, Verizon Wireless

Yeah, we guess Verizon is technically holding true to its March 1 launch date of its VCAST TV mobile television service, but the coverage leaves… shall we say, something to be desired. A tipster has managed to forward on rather detailed maps of the areas that’ll be blanketed in tiny-screen entertainment as of tomorrow, and the list of launch cities reads something like this: Dallas-Fort Worth, Seattle-Tacoma, Salt Lake City, Spokane, Omaha, Las Vegas-Laughlin, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, Portland, Jacksonville, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Wichita, Kansas City (Missouri), Denver-Boulder, Tucson, and Colorado Springs. As expected, the service will come in three flavors ranging from the $13 / month “Limited” plan to $25 for the “Select” hookup. “Planned future coverage areas” include Los Angeles, Atlanta, New Orleans, New York City, St. Louis, and Norfolk-Richmond, though no exact date is given; it’s possible that Verizon and Qualcomm are hoping to iron out any bugs with smaller markets before jumping to the big dogs.

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Filed under: Handsets, LG, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

LG’s new KH1300 has officially landed at South Korean carrier KTF. Sportin’ HSDPA with 3.6 mbps download speed capability, this LG slider comes stocked with the obligatory MP3 player with video capability, 1.3 megapixel cam and the other standard features in this class of handset like QVGA screen and a Samsung-ish flat keypad ala the older Sprint A900M. This looks like a fairly standard handset — except for that sweet HSDPA download speed. Oh yes — we like.

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SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — LG launched its HSDPA mobile phone ?LG-KH1300? supporting 3.6Mbps download speed in Korea market. According to the company, it is able to download one song in 7 seconds and 40MB music video file in 1minute 30seconds.

It enables users to take advantage of WCDMA(Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) roaming service in 21 different countries including Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong, Germany, Italy, and Australia, and the company hopes to expand the number of countries to 47 by June this year.

Other features of the LG-KH1300 include multitasking, text viewer, mp3 playback, 1.3M camera, portable data storage and personal data management such as bank account or credit card information.

Suggested price is around 400,000(KRW)….

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — KTF telecom(www.ever.co.kr) launched its slim HSDPA mobile phone ?EV-W100? in Korea market. It enables high-speed data transmission via HSDPA service and it supports video telephony. In particular, it has ?lip sync? functionality with which users can choose their own avatar among four options(man, woman, cat, and gorilla) and make it seen on the screen instead of their actual face.

Users can add various flash effects to the device while Bluetooth enables them to enjoy music wirelessly. It also supports multitasking capability. A 2M camera, an electronic dictionary with 330,000 words and portable data storage functions are included. Suggested price is below 400,000(KRW).