nanoomi

With the domestic release of the iPad merely days away, the Galaxy Tab already out and about (I have seen at least three in the wild over the last week) and KT’s Identity Tab floating around in obscurity, Tab-o-mania is about to hit Korea like a wayward artillery shell. (Too soon?)

But if you are an “early adopter,” you already have at least a wifi version of the iPad and your iPhone (probably a 3GS) is looking so last year.

So how are you going to keep up with the cool kids and their new 3G iPads (Or Galaxy Tabs) when you’re out of range of a wifi signal?

Easy answer. Hack (or as the common parlance says “jailbreak”) your iPhone. And spend $20 bucks as opposed to $500-900 bucks on new pieces of kit.

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Samsung launched its much anticipated Galaxy Tab late last week to much fanfare here in Seoul. Those of you passing through Gangnam Station intersection will have noticed the Samsung compound decked out in Nuremburg-esq banners proclaiming the arrival of the anti-christ-iPad.

After having a think about the direction of this blog, I’ve come to some conclusions:

1) For it to be worthwhile, I need to update it more often and give it a more distinct identity.

2) For me to do that, I need to come up with stuff that perhaps isn’t covered in such depth elsewhere.

3) Given my increasing professional and personal interest in all things social media and tech-related,  why not produce more content about those things?

So, in an experiment starting from today, I’m going to try and post (along with all the other not-so-regular gubbins) regular updates summarising stuff from a few Korean-language sites covering social media and tech issues. There are some undoubted challenges in doing this, not least my still far-from-perfect knowledge of Korean and the tech industry. For these reasons, I would be delighted to hear any (constructive) feedback on mistakes I make. However, I’ll give it a go and see if I have the stamina to get up early a few times a week and post about three or four big stories.

So, without any further ado, here are a few choice bits for today:

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Or as Fast Company might have you believe: “B+“

I have been meaning to write this for a wile, but it came to the forefront of my mind with Samsung’s official release of details about the much vaunted (by me) Galaxy Tab, its latest member in the Galaxy family which, with some reason, is being touted as the first possible tablet type computer with a chance of unseating Apple as king of tablet computing.

My ire stems from Sammy’s release of a 3G version without a WiFi-only version for those of us that a) don’t want another mobile contract and b) don’t want to have mobile contracts at more than one provider. (No way Samsung will let KT have their hands on the Galaxy Tab – not after another successful iPhone launch. (This time iPhone 4.)

Leaks from various corners have promised a WiFi-only version, as well as a 10″ (iPad size) version next year.

But no word on a Korean release as far as I can see. (Anyone who reads Korean can correct me on that one.)

In fact you would think manufacturers and telecom providers are still stuck on this whole “smartphone” kick… So 2009!

Which is not to say I wouldn’t want one if it was freely given… (Or if Samsung would like to be my pimp.)

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And I want one.

Video teaser here. First hands on video here.

(Via Engadget)