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at this time that LG’s new Optimus Z is available from both KT and SK Telecom in South Korea, it’s obviously time to promote it — and how better to promote a hot new smartphone launch than with a random mashup of the green Android dude and Zorro? Actually, this fella is actually “Z Boy,” a tribute to the “Z” in “Optimus Z” — but he’s sporting the Zorro look as he wanders the streets of Seoul for the next month looking for victims potential buyers for the 5 megapixel, WVGA-equipped Android handset. With major entrants from Motorola, Samsung, and LG in the market, Android competition in South Korea is nearly as heated as it is across Europe and North America — so yes, if you’ve got to win over a few customers with a big, lovable robot wearing a face mask, then by all means, LG, do your thing.

LG enlists ‘Z Boy’ to promote Optimus Z, resembles an open source Zorro originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

at this time that LG’s new Optimus Z is available from both KT and SK Telecom in South Korea, it’s obviously time to promote it — and how better to promote a hot new smartphone launch than with a random mashup of the green Android dude and Zorro? Actually, this fella is actually “Z Boy,” a tribute to the “Z” in “Optimus Z” — but he’s sporting the Zorro look as he wanders the streets of Seoul for the next month looking for victims potential buyers for the 5 megapixel, WVGA-equipped Android handset. With major entrants from Motorola, Samsung, and LG in the market, Android competition in South Korea is nearly as heated as it is across Europe and North America — so yes, if you’ve got to win over a few customers with a big, lovable robot wearing a face mask, then by all means, LG, do your thing.

LG enlists ‘Z Boy’ to promote Optimus Z, resembles an open source Zorro originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The domestic Japanese phone market has been in a state of contraction for some time, most notably evidenced by Mitsubishi’s decision to exit the game altogether and the Sanyo-Kyocera tie-up from a couple years back. Fujitsu and Toshiba are the next two giants looking to combine their resources in the mobile space, a move that would create Japan’s number two phone manufacturing venture behind Sharp and reduce to six the total number of firms making handsets there (down from ten in 2007). Though technologically years ahead of the rest of the world, Japan also suffers from deeper market saturation than perhaps anywhere else — and the opportunities for product differentiation are sharply reduced by carrier RFPs that emphasize conformity to a standard spec sheet. Fujitsu is said to likely hold the majority stake if the deal goes down, but for what it’s worth, nothing’s been finalized yet. If a deal improves the odds of bringing hardware to North America by even the smallest of fractions, we’re all for it.

Fujitsu, Toshiba in talks to merge mobile units originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.