Subway Report #3
2007/11/17 00:45I finally saw someone on the subway using WiBro on their notebook tonight on Line 3. (The USB modem they had plugged in doesn't do HDSPA.)
Korea IT Times has a sample chapter from the book Digital Korea on the new generation of Digital Youth:
For the first time in mankind's history a new Community generation (Gen- C) is growing up with permanent, 24-hour support of friends, colleagues and community. The umbilical cord or the "lifeline" is the cellphone and the secretive cryptic connection method is SMS text messaging.
Chosun Ilbo looks at the pitfalls of Naver's dominance in Korea:
Naver's policy of confining users to its site has destroyed diversity within Korea's Internet. "The recent business trend is to find a new business idea that NHN is unlikely to want to pursue," said the president of an Internet company. But NHN argues that its success is the result of superior service, not monopoly power.
Chang touched on this back in July on his post about Korea, a "Naverized" nation.
Meanwhile KTF has announced "Pay-Buy-Mobile" service trials to allow their customers to pay for purchases while traveling overseas using their mobile phone:
Korean telecom firms have spent massive amounts of money in setting up similar systems throughout the country under various brands such as Moneta and K-merce. But the use of such services has been less than the firms' expectations because shoppers seldom feel it necessary.
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