I bet that we can expect heaps of great Korean developed games and apps from Korea from 2010. The iPhone is will be introduced in South Korea in November. While South Korea is arguably miles ahead in tech, the iPhone has been absent from store shelves ever since its first launch in 2007. Web companies are preparing for the introduction of the iPhone and the Apple store. Today, South Korean search portal Daum announced that they will issue all 1200 employees with a free iPhone to familiarize them with Wireless Internet.

“Daum employees need to be accustomed with the wireless Internet atmosphere, so they will receive a iPhone and a two year free data plan to start with.” Said a Daum representative. Talking about a nice company to work for!

Besides web ventures that operate primarily in Korea, we all know Korea best for the development of quality video games like Aion: The Tower of Eternity,
. When the iPhone hits ground in the Korean peninsula, we can expect a leap in video games that are developed for the iPhone/Ipod touch.

Mobile internet ready for take-off in Korea

S. Korea, with all the LG’s and Samsung smartphones on the market, is only just beginning to gain traction in the wireless Internet, smartphones – now with help of iPhone – are expected to really take off this year. They have to, as the illustration above demonstrates, Koreans are not as ‘wireless as they would like’ to be.

Research firm Ovum, has projected the smartphone market will grow on average 19.5% per year through 2014. KT announced that the growth will be accompanied with cheaper data plans, so Korean wireless users will grow from 10% to about 40% of their customers. If that will be true, the level’s would be around those of the US today. “The arrival of the iPhone will pave the way for the increase of smartphone sales in Korea,” said Korea Investment & Securities analyst Yang Jong-in.
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