Difference between revisions of "South Korea"
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* [http://support.vzw.com/faqs/International%20Services%20and%20Roaming/faq_global_email.html#item4 Verizon FAQ] on Global Email, which you can add for $64.99/month. But you need a Global Email ready device, and it doesn't look like the Droid is one of them: http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Global_Email/index.html. | * [http://support.vzw.com/faqs/International%20Services%20and%20Roaming/faq_global_email.html#item4 Verizon FAQ] on Global Email, which you can add for $64.99/month. But you need a Global Email ready device, and it doesn't look like the Droid is one of them: http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Global_Email/index.html. | ||
* A May 2009 CNET article on traveling abroad with your cell phone: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/27/cell.phones.overseas/index.html. | * A May 2009 CNET article on traveling abroad with your cell phone: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/27/cell.phones.overseas/index.html. | ||
== Internet == | |||
Korea is a highly connected company, but its native services are the most popular. For example, Google is barely used; most people use [http://www.naver.com/ Naver]. (See [http://koreacrunch.com/archive/whats-the-korean-equivalent-of-enter-foreign-web-service Korean equivalents for popular U.S. services].) | |||
Possibly useful sites: | |||
* [http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/index.kto Official tourist site] | |||
* [http://www.playstreet.net/ Playstreet] | |||
Mobile apps: | |||
* [http://10magazine.asia/6290/map-apps-for-your-ipod/ Korea map apps for your iPod]. Sadly nothing for iPad yet, which isn't widely adopted in Korea. | |||
== Trips == | == Trips == | ||
Revision as of 16:48, 3 October 2010
Cities
Islands
Cell Phones
- This site indicates that CDMA and GSM both exist in South Korea. Do a "find" for "Korea."
- Verizon website verifies that South Korea is a CDMA country for which the international roaming rate is $1.99/minute.
- Verizon FAQ on Global Email, which you can add for $64.99/month. But you need a Global Email ready device, and it doesn't look like the Droid is one of them: http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Global_Email/index.html.
- A May 2009 CNET article on traveling abroad with your cell phone: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/27/cell.phones.overseas/index.html.
Internet
Korea is a highly connected company, but its native services are the most popular. For example, Google is barely used; most people use Naver. (See Korean equivalents for popular U.S. services.)
Possibly useful sites:
Mobile apps:
- Korea map apps for your iPod. Sadly nothing for iPad yet, which isn't widely adopted in Korea.
