June 26, 2005
Samsung's Hand Takes Hold of International Airports
Following last week's post on Samsung unveiling in Thailand of a six-metre statue in honor of the cell phone - which by the way - actually works. It's enlarged LED bulletin board displays text messages and announcements sent by anyone passing by - Telecoms Korea reports that 15 new sculptures are to appear this month at other airports, which will bring the total number of sculptures to 26 by the end of this year (since 2002)
Some of the airports: Paris, Johannesburg, Dubai, Athens, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Incheon, Dallas, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Sydney, Bangkok.
By year end: New York, Beijing and Moscow.
What's not clear is whether the Bangkok sculpture is the only one that allows passers-by to send text messages to it which are then displayed on a LED bulletin board, or whether all the scultpures have this feature.
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