12/09/2011

Comparison of Apps usage behavior :: Korean vs Norwegian

Due to my private curiosity about my previous post of Apps crazed countries by Google, I research some characteristics between Korea (The 1st place) and Norway (The last place). Please refer to my previous post at http://savememory.blogspot.com/2011/12/most-app-crazed-country-korea.html
All data collected from http://www.ourmobileplanet.com

Let's getting start.

This first chart says the purchased numbers of apps per smartphone holder. Dramatically it has totally overturned order between Korea and Norway. Before we think why this happen, I need to research how many Apps are there with native language or made by who in the Android market. BTW, below chart is the reality if Google was not a liar.

Next, what do they do with their smart device and/or computer? What do they occupy? Mostly the consuming patterns looks very similar each other except for "Watching TV" and "Listening the Music". Actually the portion of "Watching TV" was unexpected shape in my view because very large number of viewer of  terrestrial TV, internet TV and DMB(Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, a sort of DVB-T in Europe) are found easily in anywhere, even in subway in Korea.

Next, if they spend their time on video, where do they occupy this video? On smartphone or Desktop? Interestingly there was quite difference on this. We find that Korean enjoy video data at any of terminals regardless mobile handset or Desktop. I can assume why or how this happen in Korea, but I don't mention about it now.

For social network, this chart means Korean connects to their network at any place.

[Relevant Post] http://savememory.blogspot.com/2011/12/most-app-crazed-country-korea.html

Galaxy Note news


8th day, Samsung had a press conference for a new concept contents "Cine Note" with three popular film director, musicians and webtoon writers.

The content of "Cine Note" melts webtoons, movie and music which are made with only Galaxy Note.

The participants of "Cine Note" are film director Jaeyong Lee(Starlets), Hyeongcheol Gang (Sunny), Hoon Jang(gojijeon), and actor Jeongwoo Ha, singer Seungchul Lee, webtoon writer Jeho Shon (Noblesse) and Gwangsu Lee.

They are going to complete this work and open at http://www.howtolivesmart.com/cinenote in January 2012.

KakaoTalk Jail





Suddenly the online community starts to talk about “KakaoTalk Jail” because of a post of “Trapped in KakoTalk Jail” in user community board in last 7th day. This “KakaoTalk Jail” means a person who was invited and attended in a group chatting room is not able to escape from that chatting room, and also named as “KakaoTalk prison”, “KakaoTalk hell”.
The guy of this post wrote about “KakaoTalk Jail”, “About 120 people was trapped in that chatting room and no response to release yelling. The host just says that he is inviting people with random ID and cellphone number. I am under mental stress due to notice messages and battery drain”.

This post is spreading quickly to wide online communities and sharing similar experiences of netizens. But the problem is there are no legal actions to stop them. Netizens’s voice increase that “A lot of people write messenger is as clear sanctions need a way to think," "It is not a matter of a joke, Kakaotalk should be upgraded to stop making victims.”


[Link] http://www.kakao.com/talk/en

The most App-crazed country - Korea

12/08/2011

Pushing back of both to be at the table

Turnovers of Lawsuit between Apple and Samsung


Date
Venue
Adjudgement
Winner
Aug. 9th
Germany
Ban Sales Galaxy Tab 10.1
Apple
Aug. 24th
Netherland
Ban Sales Galaxy S
Apple
Sep. 9th
Germany
Reject Samsung’s objection of Ban sales GalaxyTab 10.1
Apple
Oct. 13th
Australia
Ban Sales Galaxy Tab 10.1
Apple
Oct. 14th
Netherland
Reject Samsung’s bid to Ban iPad
Apple
Nov. 30th
Australia
Overturned Ban Sales Galaxy Tab 10.1
Samsung
Dec. 2th
USA
Reject Apple’s bid
Samsung
Dec. 2th
Australia
Apple appeal against a court’s decision
Samsung
Dec 8th
France
Reject Samsung’s bid of Ban sales iPhone4S
Apple

PIG USB hub and thumb drive

Who is a competitor of car maker?

Korea National Police Agency said that the portion of new adult drivers below 25-year-old in total new licensee is continuously decreasing from 19.2%(2005) to 13.9% (2010), even this generation occupies more 1% of total population during same period. This phenomenon can be found in other countries as well. According to KARI(Korea Automotive Research Institute, http://kari.hyundai.com), Teenager new driver between 16~19 years old decreased from 87%(1983) to 75%(2008) and teenager between 18~19 years old of Japan decrease 36.5%(2002) to 33.3%(2010). KARI says even vehicle sales increase every year, teenager does not give his curiosity to vehicle.
Youth people has cheaper and more attractive things like as smartphone and tablets than car, that's why youth does not fall into the car anymore. KARI says "In old generation youth expressed his personality with a car, but now the position is occupied by smart devices" For example the group of 18~24 year-old in the States answers that they like more smart phone than vehicle. Of course, there might be influenced in this trend by job market for youth.

Battle :: AMOLED vs AH-IPS True HD

Now we are in the middle of battle field in which huge two of flat display methods conflict. In any of hidden background, these two method, AMOLED which is a representative of Samsung and AH-IPS which is employed in Apple and LG, make a separation the smartphone market now and future. There hold comparison demonstration conference of these two display methods by internet community power bloggers in Korea in November. And predictably there were not obvious winner to the podium and so many arguing is coming up still. The second demonstration will be held this month.



Demonstration Booth : Pixel, Readability, Battery lifetime, Heat emission, Color

Magnifying Pixel : AH-IPS(Left) / AMOLED (Right)

 Magnifying Camera on Display Panel.

Pixel Structure & characteristic

Apple connives discounting promo for iPhone4S in Korea

Reportedly some stores of SKT(www.sktelecom.com) sells iPhone4S at around $200 off from early this month. Customers can purchase iPhone4S 16G at $600 (regular price $800) and $850 for iPhone4S 64G (regular price $1000). The discount promotion for iPhone seems to be an unexpected signal in market. Competitively KT (www.kt.com) deducts around $40 from providing price of iPhone4S officially. Sales stores attract the customers to iPhone4S with diverse promotional gifts and discount program in real market. Apple connives this sales promotion even with their worldwide fixed price policy. Eventually the profit loss of iPhone4S should be charged to carriers.

This unexpected price drop of iPhone4S is caused by disappointing to expectation about iPhone4S as a next iPhone and LTE smartphones in Korea. Since the LTE service have launched in Korea in October, the major three carriers (SKT, KT, LG U+) sold 620 thousand units until end of November and they expect to sell cumulatively 800K units of LTE smartphones until end of this year. This market settlement toward LTE service in Korea blows iPhone4S directly.

12/07/2011

Apple looks not have a plan after iPhone6

Reportedly ICM Registry (http://www.icmregistry.com/) starts the service "XXX" domain today and 100,000 domains were sold so far. But I found some famous words have not their owners yet at my searching for just 20 minutes . Rush to take these......

Hynix.xxx
McDonald.xxx
WellsFargo.xxx
LGOptimus.xxx
iPhone7.xxx (Below iPhone7.xxx were occupied by someone else, maybe Apple????)



Enlarge resolution limit to 2048 on Picasa uploading

At Registry Editor,


go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa\Picasa2\Preferences"


Make "DWORD" in PWADefaultSize


Type "2048" in decimal number at DWORD.


Open Picasa and click to "Web Sync" and make it to "Original Size".

Samsung Slate 7 issue (Continueing)



Samsung Slate 7 stands on totally different podium to general tablets like as iPad, Galaxy Tab using light O/S. Even with gorgeous outfit and attractive usability from regular PC to tablet, users measures and debates fundamental performance of PC and escalates their questions. I believe Samsung, even any of slate makers, should accept this user’s measurement scale to overcome current tablet centric market barrier. I bring this post from a site and translate in English.


Samsung Slate Series 7 looks outstanding Windows tablet so far in its specification and harmonious with performance, portability and battery life. But Slate 7 is in the middle of arguing stage between its specification and real performance. Privately I want to verify this arguing point by myself with measuring of encoding performance in 1080i resolution video file.

Some more of the devices currently on the power adapter is connected to the encoding time was measured from the heavy-load are as follows:
(Encoding, first of all, is largely dependent on CPU performance, better performance, take a short time.)

Desktop i7-2600K 3.4GHz / 1m37s (8 GB of RAM, Win 64-bit, No difference between high-performance mode & 97%).
Desktop i7-2600K 3.4GHz / 1m 40s (8 GB of RAM, Win 64-bit, balanced mode).
HA GTXX53 Lv69 i7-2670 2.2GHz / 2m04s (16 GB of RAM, Win 64-bit)
Desktop i5-2500 3.3GHz / 2s12s (4 gigabytes of RAM, Win 64-bit)
Dell XPS15 i7-2630QM 2GHz / 2m29s (6 GB of RAM)
Desktop AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz / 3m6s (RAM 12 GB)
ASUS G73JH i7-740QM 2.93GHz / 3m14s (RAM 16 GB)
Sony VAIO SE17 i7-2640M 2.8Ghz / 3m24s (RAM 8 GB)
Lenovo X220T i7-2620M 2.70GHz / 3m42s (8 GB of RAM, Win 64-bit, English)
Sony CW26FK, i5-520M 2.40GHz / 5m03s
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5-2467m 1.6GHz / 6m10s (the latest fw05 Firmware, UEFI Windows installation, measured in outdoor patio).
HP 2740P i5-520M, 2.40GHz / 6m22s
Sony VAIO SE17 i7-2640M 2.8Ghz / 6m23s (RAM 8 GB, bass mode)
Motion F5V i7-640um 1.2GHz / 6m28s
HP TM2 i5-470um 1.33GHz / 7m44s (RAM 8 GB)
ASUS EP121 i5-470um 1.33GHz / 7m53s (4 gigabytes of RAM, Win 64-bit Home Premium, Maximum processor state = 97%)
ASUS EP121 i5-470um 1.33GHz / 8m03s (4 gigabytes of RAM, Win 64-bit Home Premium)
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5-2467m 1.6GHz / 8m33s (fw05 latest firmware, and after about 10 minutes after boot up).
Apple MacBook Air fourth-generation Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz / 9m15s (2010 model year, 4 GB RAM, Win 32-bit)
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5-2467m 1.6GHz / 9m28s (the latest firmware, fw05, high performance mode, power connected)
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5-2467m 1.6GHz / 9m55s (the latest firmware, fw05, power saving mode, power connected).

Dell Allienware M11X R1 SU7300 1.73GHz OC / 10m18s
Dell XT2 U9400 1.4GHz / 11m31s (3GB RAM, Win 7 32-bit, 64-gigabyte SSD)
Fujitsu P1630 SU9300 1.2GHz / 15m24s(US model, Penryn 45nm)
Fujitsu Q550 Z670 1.5GHz / 42m53s (high)
Fujitsu Q550 Z670 1.5GHz / 42m22s (Maximum processor state = 97%)

In general, the devices with same CPU show quite similar performance. ASUS EP121 which already was pointed out the performance degradation due to throttling has mostly similar performance to HP TM2 which employs the same i5-470um CPU.

However, particularly Samsung Slate 7 shows quite wide range of encoding elapsing time from 6 minutes 10 seconds to 9 minutes 28 seconds.

Here are some of score points of CPU from cpubenchmark.net,

i7-2600K 3.4GHz - 10057 points
i7-2620M 2.7GHz - 3908 points (X220T)
i5-520M 2.4GHz - 2362 points (2740p)
i5-2467M 1.6GHz - 2172 points (Samsung Series 7 Slate)
i5-470UM 1.33GHz - 1515 points (EP121, TM2T)
Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz - 1000-point level (fourth-generation MacBook Air)

Even the above figures reflect the exact inverse of the encoding time, Samsung Slate 7 should supposed to be stand at 6m10s position according to its specification.

But reality is it depends deeply depends on room temperature around the device.
(The experiment in patio took 6 minutes 10 seconds but this elapsing time increased 30% when I moved to indoor room.)

I suppose this severe performance degradation due to throttling, this 9 minutes level should be considered to the 4th generation of MacBook Air nearly.
 

Eventually how to make it improvement?

If you've already noticed the above table which showed closely, the power management feature in Windows can make it through.
Even slight difference in Maximum processor state = 97% than 100%, there was key solution.

You can reach its setting through Control Panel - Power Management - Additional power management - Change settings - Change advanced power settings - Processor power management - Minimum processor state, the maximum processor state can be changed by:
(Windows default setting of the adapter connected, high-performance mode, the minimum, maximum processor state = 100%.)

As a result Samsung Slate 7, shows quite improvement according to only the maximum processor state changing.


At the same equipment, the latest firmware, fw05, Win 64-bit.

Samsung Series 7 Slate i5 2467m 1.6GHz, 7m13s / 7m56s (Maximum processor state = 97%) - 1.5GHz work reliably
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5 2467m 1.6GHz, 7m25s (Maximum processor state = 98%)
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5 2467m 1.6GHz, 8m06s (Maximum processor state = 95%)
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5 2467m 1.6GHz, 8m09s (Maximum processor state = 85%) - 1.3GHz work reliably
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5 2467m 1.6GHz, 8m32s (Maximum processor state = 80%) - 1.2GHz work reliably
Samsung Series 7 Slate i5 2467m 1.6GHz, 9m22s (Maximum processor state = 100%)

In high-performance (100%) state, the clock is changed dynamically between 800MHz ~ 2.3GHz and impacts to its performance as much as clock speed, but only 97% of setting allows enough to operate with reliable high performance at 1.5Ghz.

As a conclusion,

1. Samsung Series 7 Slate in common use and default setting do not perform its best condition as its specification.
2. To minimized degradation of performance, 97% of power management prevents severe loss of its performance.

iPad / iPhone charger on your Windows PC

Direct file link. Verified on malware tool. Available for iPhone & iPad either.

http://www.imgwizard.com/?module=file&act=procFileDownload&file_srl=78705&sid=b0c1f76ea9c8cd5b6a84f858be87171f

Apple loses iPad name in China

Apple has to made other name for iPad to sell in China. The company which hold name of iPad have registered this product name in China in 2001, but Apple stared selling its iPad from 2010.

12/06/2011

Fishing of Mobile Ad. in Germany / Korea / USA

Awareness of Mobile Advertise.

Korean is very sensitive on mobile Ad.


Action after noticing.


It's enough to invest mobile Ad. in Korea.

Every charts are created from http://www.ourmobileplanet.com

Keep out without heLL-G

LG electronics noticed to their employees that nobody can enter into campus with competitor's cellphone from January 2th, 2012.

KT's Spider Phone -

KT(www.kt.com)'s Spider phone (transformer phone) will be rolled out in January, 2012. This Spider phone can be docked into dummy devices like as laptop, game pad and tablet which has not CPU and memory.

Samsung Slate 7 issue


Company unravel about unexpectedly declining CPU performance unexpectedly on Slate PC series 7 which was escalated recently by new reports.


Samsung Slate PC Series 7 CPU shows on normal operation.
Samsung's Slate 7 has optimized configurations for CPU, battery and graphics and there is no possibility to be experienced that performance declining in general usage case like word processing, internet, video and etc.
(Based on i5-2467M, CPU operates at 1.6Ghz and 2.3GHz in turbo mode)

The thermal control of CPU is a bread and butter technology to protect both user and device. In worst case of long operating with heavy load software, the device goes into down clock situation to cool down CPU temperature temporarily.

Samsung Slate 7 employed the most advanced "CTDP(Controllable Thermal Design Power") technology which allows more precision controlling of temperature and performance of device.

The world first "CTDP" proposed from Samsung and Intel, adjusts CPU clock frequency between 800Mhz and 2.3Ghz in all time when the temperature of CPU exceed to proper level. It allows to manage device in optimum status between themal emission and best performance.

Slate 7 CPU operation records by Development Team
Condition
Average
Max
Min
Usual Video Playback
1.6Ghz
2.3GHz
800Mhz
HD Class Video Payback
1.2GHz
2.3GHz
800Mhz
CPU 100% Load Test(Prime95)
1.0GHz
2.3Ghz
800Mhz
* Monitoring period : 1 second for 30 minutes

LTE iPad Coming to Japan Next Summer, LTE iPhone by Fall?

Original Source : Nikkei Business

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has reached an agreement with Apple that will see an LTE-enabled version of the iPad launch next summer, with an LTE iPhone to follow in the fall. The agreement is said to have been hammered out in discussions that saw NTT DoCoMo senior executives travel to Cupertino earlier this month to meet with Apple CEO Tim Cook.

12/05/2011

Big brothers in LTE era


Ready to filp over??????
Hey! Law firms, are you ready for LTE war?




RIM : Apple, Where are you?????


Patent Holders ranking in LTE technology.

Ranking Company Patent share Worth
1 LG 23% $79B
2 Qualcomm 21% $73B
3 Motorola 9% $33B --> Google
4 Interdigital 9% $33B --> Where goes it??????
5 Nokia 9% $31B
6 Samsung 9% $31B
7 ZTE 6% $21B
8 Nortel 4% $13B
9 Ericsson 2% $6B
10 RIM 1% $4B

LG's Nitro HD (AT&T Version of Optimus LTE)

LG rolls out Optimus LTE in US market through AT&T. The model name of AT&T version is LG Nitro HD.



- 4.5 inches IPS True HD display
- 1.5 GHz Dual core processor
- Android 2.3 Ginger bread
- 10.4mm thickness
- 1830 mAh battery


Unveiled LG Optimus Pad

LG is going to roll out brand new Android tablet at coming Dec. 15th in Korea. LG Optimus pad embeds LTE connectivity and 8.9 inches WXGA(1280 x 768) display.

O/S : Android 3.1 Honeycomb
Memory :1GB
32GB microSD slot
Front : 8M px/ Rear : 13M px Camera



Smart phone Ranking Top 10 in Korea

At 1st week of December (11/28 ~12/4)

1: Samsung Galaxy Note
2 : LG OPTIMUS LTE (4G)
3: Samsung Galaxy Nexus
4: Pentech Vega Racer
5: Samsung Galaxy S-II HD
7: KT Tech : Janus
8: Samsung Galaxy Tab
9: Samsung Galaxy S
10: SonyEricsson Xperia Arc

Wanna see actual cellphone size on your display?


2011 Internet Usage Census in Korea

Original copy (in Korean) download here : http://isis.kisa.or.kr/board/fileDown.jsp?pageId=060200&bbsId=3&itemId=793&athSeq=2

Content List (Total 29 pages)

1. Census introduction
Sample : Households over 30,000 and people above 3 years old.
Data collecting : Visiting & Interview
Duration : 7/1/2011 ~ 9/15/2011
Extracting of Sample : Stratified Multi-stage Cluster Sampling
Error rate : +/- 0.11%

2. Internet Consuming Overall Statistic
2.1 Internet user and usage rate
2.2 Behavior of user

3. Internet and Communication
3.1 Email
3.2 Instant Messenger
3.3 SNS

4. Internet and Economic activity
4.1 Internet Shopping
4.2 Internet Banking
4.3 Internet Security Trading

5. Internet Infra
5.1 Computer and smart device possession ratio of household
(Ex. The possession ratio of smart device increased 9 times than 2010.)
5.2 Internet connection ratio of household


Do you need English version? If any requests, let me try to do translation....
But no guarantee :)

iPad2 for $399 at TJMaxx store



But at some stores in East coast only. Forget it if you in West coast.
Where goes my gas !!!