Tuesday, November 3, 2009

I-phone! what you gonna do in Korea?

I was in Korea for four months in this year, and I felt like I came from stone age into the new world because so many things are so quickly changed in Korea. The most amazing change was the cell phone became more advanced that I am now able to see a person's face while I am talking to the person via cell phone. Korean people are very obsessive to have NEW phone, so it was a little wield that I-phone did not come to the Korea yet(there is a blog about iphone in korea). I read an article about I-phone in Korea, and it was interestingly related to the internet business in Korea;"The iPhone will create a breakthrough for Korea's wireless internet services". What is Iphone gonna do in Korea internet business?
First, I believe that it will boost the microblog such as Twitter or Me2day. Only some Korean people use the twitter or Me2day(Korean style of Twitter) now, but I-phone will bring huge amount of benefit in the microblog business area.
Also, I-phone will bring "real ubiquitous" computing- 24/7 online. the things that I was interested about I-phone has google map and weather. The functions you can download on App-store through free internet service in I-phone will attract more people and more internet business in Korea.
Moreover, the data convergence business will be broader through I-phone that will re-focus on the data sync service on the internet in Korea, and Korean search engines become more functionalized by it. The I-phone will bring so many potential Opportunities to the K-internet business, but I think it can be such a threat as well.


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