SK Telecom is South Korea’s largest mobile phone carrier, but they’re definitely interested in a U.S. presence–it was a partner in Helio (before it got sold), and had a rejected US$5 billion investment offer to Sprint last fall. While CNBC originally reported they were now in talks to buy Sprint, the WSJ says the two are actually talking about a partnership to co-develop phones and services, since they both run on CDMA. Awesome Korean phones and services on Sprint? Yes please. Sprint could definitely use the boost. But will the Ocean 2 live again? [WSJ]
Sometimes we just want to tell our Roomba what to do, but we can never find that frickin’ remote. Well SK Telecom has decided to fix this problem, they are developing a cleaning-robot that is controllable via your cell phone. Not only can you decide where the little bot cleans, but you can also see what it’s doing via the built in camera. More pics after the jump. More »
