“But trouble came when Mr. Yu pulled out an Apple iPad, held it up and remarked about how nicely it displays electronic books,” Ramstad and Woo report. “The problem is, South Korea’s communications regulators haven’t approved the device for wireless networking in the country.”
Ramstad and Woo report, “Tech-industry bloggers pounced on Mr. Yu, criticizing him for using a device that isn’t even available in South Korea yet.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Burn the heretic!!!!!11!1
So, this is news?
Send him to Israel!
Jealous snarking. Sheeesh, romper room.
Using a non-Samsung device in South Korea is tantamount to treason!! Don’t tell me he drives a Ford!
100,200 iPads at retail.
For an entire month make him watch nothing but Britney, Whitney, or Lindsay videos on it.
Or Leno. He sucks too.
Yeh-heh-hehehessssss . . .
Wow, that took balls to do in Korea, the most xenophobic country I know of.
@Snow Leopard maybe not a crappy Ford but maybe BMW or Honda
@KenC Japan is more xenophobic than Korea. But you are right it did take ball to do that. Many markets like cars and electronics in Korea are dominated by Made in Korea Products. When it comes to electronics Apple is like the only foreign company that is prospering in Korea.
I have also heard a RUMOR that Korea has imposed a Ban on the import of ipads into Korea. Similar to Israel except individuals can bring in their ipads into the country.
So, we buy all these shitty SoKo cars and stuff, spend our funds to protect them from the meathead to their north, but they’re the last to approve the iPhone and iPad to run in their country. Huh?
Triumph, you’re back! Damn I’ve missed you lately. Keep em coming
It’s dog eat dog in Korea.
… maybe everyone eat dog?
@Amazin1… you beat me to it.
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@Reeee
Actually it only happens in rural areas anymore. It was outlawed decades ago.
But I’m sure anyone here can make a blanket racist statement about your heritage too.
Shouldn’t he have a wide experance with computer devices so he can make informed desisions?
I thought it was that country to the north that is kept in the dark!
@ Bruce & Reese. They still eat dog in Korea even in big cities. They have restaurants that serve dog in various ways. There is nothing racist about saying Koreans eat dog…because they do…well most of them.
Dog is a perfectly fine meat, as is horse, hamster and rattlesnake. Not particularly good to farm – costs too much to grow a pound of it – but if you are converting the rat-catcher to dinner, not the same thing.
Americans seem to feel their pre-conceptions and preferences should become law the world around. How silly! We should all be Protestants (not Catholics, not UUs) because that’s what they “teach” in the Bible Belt. Insane.
I like dogs. As pets. Wouldn’t stop me from eating one, were that my option to going hungry.
@Ban6dit
My points on the matter
-It is illegal to sell and process it, has been since 1984
-The way Reee communicated wasn’t a statement of fact, it was a snide jab at Koreans. Most definitely mocking.
-I’m Korean, I don’t eat dog meat, no one in my family in the U.S. or Korea does.
Hence Reee’s statements are blanket and racist. I could be wrong but I don’t think so.
DLMeyer: “Dog is a perfectly fine meat …”
That’s what s . . . ohh, nevermind.
It’s too easy.
@bruce – you are wrong, and should stfu. and get a sense of humour.
Hmm, S.Korea, the backwards country, worried about an iPad…
hmmmmm…
@mac that wasn’t necessary.
@Bruce. I would believe that fact about the law except for the fact they serve dog in public school lunches from time to time. Plus Korean Laws change like the wind. OK Reese’s comments were a blanket statement and a joke about Korean’s. I still wouldn’t call it racist.
@ jhines. Korea is not a backward country. The government and Korean business are worried about the iPad, not the normal population. Koreans want the iPad just as much as they wanted the iphone and ipod touch. The government and businesses are worried about the iPad because of competition with Korean brands and companies. They usually don’t like or want outside competition. Thats why it took FOREVER for the iphone to get to Korea. Once it did get to Korea you see iPhones everywhere because it is simply a more capable phone than anything else in Korea. Now Korean companies have to play catchup. Also they try to slow the spread of the iphone by inflating the price. The iPhone 3GS cost about $800 USD in Korea.
Ban6dit writes, “I have also heard a RUMOR that Korea has imposed a Ban on the import of ipads into Korea. Similar to Israel except individuals can bring in their ipads into the country.”
Israel’s ban on the iPad was lifted last weekend. (The “personal use” limit is one per person. So if you have a big family…) Israelis imported some 100,000 iPhones before they were officially released (some two years after the US release). The iPad should be available within the next few months.
It is not racist to say Americans eat chicken. We do. Daily.
It is not racist to say Koreans eat dog. They do. Daily.
However, it is probably incorrect to state that most Koreans eat dog. Only a minority do. Illegally. Daily.
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat?uselang=en
In March 2009, an article in the Korea Times reported that some 9,000 tons are being served at about 6,500 establishments across the country annually.[58]
Even though a fair number of Koreans (anywhere from 5 to 30%) have tried it before, only a little percentage of the population eats it regularly.[citation needed] There is a large and vocal group of Korean people that are against the practice of eating dogs.[59] There is also a large population of people in Korea that do not eat or enjoy the meat, but do feel strongly that it is the right of others to do so.[59] There is a smaller but still vocal group of pro-dog cuisine people in South Korea who want to popularize the consumption of dog in Korea and the rest of the world.[59]
Although technically illegal to sell dog meat in Korea, some restaurateurs still do so even though they risk losing their restaurant licenses. Currently, one can find dog meat in such cities as Gunsan, South Korea.[citation needed] In 1997 one dog meat wholesaler in Seoul was brought up on charges of selling dog meat illegally.[60] BBC claim that, in 2003, approximately 4,000-6,000 restaurants served soups made from dog meat in Korea.[61] The soups cost about US$10 while dishes of steamed dog meat with rice cost about US$25. The BBC claims that eighty-five hundred tons of dog meat are consumed per year, with another 93,600 tons used to produce a medicinal tonic called gaesoju (개소주).[61] Koreans raise exceptional dogs which are edible.[62] At the present day, the dogs are not beaten to death as they were in the past.[63]
Samsung makes the flash memory, what is the problem?
Ifixit:
You can also see the two Samsung K9LCG08U1M 8 GB MLC NAND flash memory chips.
@ KenC,
You’re obviously not a Greek or Turk living in Germany or a black living in the Dixie, for that matter.