Korea at the CES
Posted: January 7th, 2008, by Yunho Chung
It is hard to not notice that the giant event Consumers Electronic Show (CES) is taking place right now in glamorous Las Vegas. After a quick search for companies related to Korea I found 150 companies, a rather impressive number at such an international conference. However, when considering how world leading Korea is in fields such as mobile (Broadband and TV), e-sports, electronics (with giants like Samsung, iRiver, LG) and so on you realize that there should be more. I would also like to see more of these international events here in Seoul - a place where you don’t have to spend a lot of time to be impressed by the advanced technology.
Around the corner from my office a new UGC shop has opened with recording materials for video, audio and so on. I receive business cards with the possibility to scan with my cell phone camera and instantly get the contact information accessible in the phone. At the same time I can drive a car on the highway while streaming videos from the net with help from mobile Internet. Yes, I am impressed by all the new cool gadgets at CES but I wish Korean companies were better to market the competitive edge that does exist here and that so many visitors at CES would be interested in.
As a final argument for this I use this BBC news about the technologies on the rise 2008. The web to go (ubiquitous Internet access), Ultra mobile PC’s, IPTV, Wimax and mobile VoIP are considered the ones to keep an eye on this year. In many ways a list of 2006 or 2007 for Korea…
