Woo Hyun Paik

Woo Hyun Paik on why touch-based phones will be the trend of the future.

“The reason why the touch-based phones will become more important is because people want larger screen while the total size of the phone is small. The only way to do it is get rid of the keypad.”

Woo Hyun Paik on LG’s new cellphone watch.

LG’s new cellphone watch “has a small built-in camera, so when the net will allow, you can have a video conference with this.”

Woo Hyun Paik on where LG is focusing its R&D.

“3-D television…That’s really a major, major revolution coming into consumer electronics. That’s one area where we are placing our bets.”

Woo Hyun Paik on LG expanding its business into healthcare.

“People live long … we try to figure out a product that can help people live long and that’s an area we will be working on in the future.”

Woo Hyun Paik on why 3-D TV is closer than people think.

“To make TV into 3-D-compatible means when you are watching regular 2-D material it has the same identical material as the 2-D, so when the 3-D material comes along, it can switch into 3-D.”

Woo Hyun Paik on why Internet TV is an advantage for consumers.

“I think right now, you are watching TV, mainly through the broadcasting and the Blu-ray … it’s going to change, slowly, but in a major way, through being able to watch TV through the Internet.”

Woo Hyun Paik on the “wine phone,” a mobile phone for Korea’s aging population.

“It became a huge hit. The reason being, we made the LCD a bit bigger … and it has a very simple form, no complicated functions.”