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...Image Problem Fearing one of its own products could be used for industrial espionage, South Korea's Samsung has banned the use of camera phones in its factories...
...gadgets, mergers can be a risky proposition. The union of the MP3 player and the cell phone didn't work out, though later the cell phone did hit it off with a low-resolution still camera. This month Samsung presides over the long-awaited combination of the digital camcorder and the high-resolution digital camera. The two make a handsome couple. As obvious as the merger sounds, it's difficult to couple the two because they use different types of lenses and image sensors. The SC-D5000 "Duo-cam" ($1,399) allows the user to select video or still images...
...come a long way, baby--and that's affecting your choice of cell phones. Consider the Samsung SGH-T500, introduced earlier this year in Asian markets and selling for the equivalent of $500. Samsung bills it as "a female-centric mobile phone." Why? It's so pretty, for one thing, available in four colors, including Sapphire Blue and Topaz Gold, and featuring a ring of synthetic diamonds around the exterior display. It also offers "multiple female features," including a biorhythm calculator, a calorie counter, and a calendar that tracks the owner's menstrual cycles. Samsung says the T500 "completes communication...
...faint-hearted. One good year in drams makes up for three bad years, and then profits are just obscene. But you're either big, or you're dead," says Penn. No one doubts that Infineon is big: it is now the world's third largest manufacturer of drams behind Samsung of South Korea and U.S. chipmaker Micron. Analysts predict that the semiconductor industry will grow next year and most of 2005 before the cycle turns down again. But this recovery, if it comes, will burn on a lower flame; growth rates are lower than in the early '90s, and most...
Asian economies would follow, though Bowers says he would avoid Japan. Among his favorites: Hong Kong, South Korea and China--despite the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Consider cyclical blue chips like China Telecom, Hyundai Motor, Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor. These moves may not feel right with the economy slow and the dollar weak. For now, just think of them as accident insurance...