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Photos: South Korea iPhone launch event November 28

Posted in iPhone in S.Korea, iPhone Korea on Nov 28th, 2009

Photos of the November 28th iPhone launch event are now being published to the Net. Many hundreds of South Korean iPhone fans braved the cold and lined up to for a chance to purchase one of the first 1,000 iPhones to be sold in South Korea. The launch ceremonies were held on Saturday afternoon at [...]

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South Koreans line up for November 28 KT iPhone launch event

Posted in iPhone in S.Korea, iPhone Korea on Nov 27th, 2009

Thousands of South Korean iPhone fans are now queuing up for the Saturday, Nov. 28 iPhone launch event sponsored by Apple and KT. The launch festivities will begin at 2 p.m. local time in the Jamsil Arena, one of the 1988 Olympic sites. See photos below. The Korea Times reports that KT (formerly known as Korea Telecom) [...]

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iPhone in Korea: Deal with KT imminent (now official)

Posted in iPhone in S.Korea, iPhone Korea on Nov 18th, 2009

Will iPhone launch in South Korea before year end? According to recent press reports, Korean “location tracking” regulatory hurdles have finally been cleared and the deal between Apple and KT can now be formalized. Adding credence to a near-term deal/launch is a Sept. 28 quote from KT executive Pyo Hyun-myung; Although the date and other [...]

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S. Korea’s Daum to buy 1,000+ iPhones – every employee will get one

Posted in iPhone in S.Korea on Oct 6th, 2009

iPhonAsia reported this Daum iPhone Chuseok gift story on Sept 29, but it was buried at the end of a post. After further review … it deserves its own headline. How can Daum make this gift when iPhone hasn’t yet launched in South Korea?  Because the deal with KT is only weeks away from being [...]

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South Korea’s telecom authorities approve iPhone

Posted in iPhone in S.Korea on Sep 22nd, 2009

Update – Sept. 23, 2009: The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has now cleared the path for iPhone’s entry into South Korea. In a ruling today, the KCC will allow iPhone to be sold without imposition of special licensing or server location requirements that had previously been under consideration due to iPhone’s mapping capabilities (e.g. location-based [...]

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