16 Posts about 'Something Innovative'
- Social Commerce in Korea (235) | 2010/10/19
- New Digital Signage Service at Seoul Subway Stations (112) | 2010/06/10
- New Location-based Mobile Advertisement Service (60) | 2008/12/12
- An Innovative Mobile Keypad!!! (66) | 2008/11/02
- SK Telecom Opened 'T.um', a Museum for Future IT World. (74) | 2008/10/10
- Internet Cafe in Public Bus in Korea (57) | 2008/09/15
- Mobile Mash-up Service, My Portal of SK Telecom (87) | 2008/08/02
Social Commerce in Korea :: 2010/10/19 16:01
The growth rate of social commerce in Korea is very fast. Around sixty companies provide social commerce services and the market size is expected to become $30 mil in the late this year. Three companies among those companies are attracting public attentions, so I introduce the companies briefly.



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Mallorca Business For Sale
Tracked from Mallorca Business For Sale | 2012/03/14 07:48 | DELHow can I find a website where they show Mallorca business for sale?
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Mallorca Business For Sale
Tracked from Mallorca Business For Sale | 2012/03/14 23:00 | DELWhats a good website to market my Mallorca business for sale?
New Digital Signage Service at Seoul Subway Stations :: 2010/06/10 10:30
Do you remember a mall scene of Minority Report? If you can’t remember it, watch the below video-clip.



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Aloe Vera Drinks
Tracked from Aloe Vera Drinks | 2012/04/17 09:46 | DELMobile in Korea -
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ship a car
Tracked from ship a car | 2012/04/21 12:52 | DELMobile in Korea -
New Location-based Mobile Advertisement Service :: 2008/12/12 00:01

Today, I’d like to introduce a mobile service. It is a location-based mobile advertisement service. Users can ccess to this service through pushing “**0” + mobile data hot key. When a user connects to the initial page, the service shows various shops which are located near the user. GPS enables the service to be operated.
The service informs me of various informations about shops near my home.


An Innovative Mobile Keypad!!! :: 2008/11/02 01:26

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where to get beats
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SK Telecom Opened 'T.um', a Museum for Future IT World. :: 2008/10/10 13:09
SK Telecom opened T.um in early October. It is located in 1st and 2nd floors of SKT's headquarter building. SK Telecom put something innovative regarding Korean IT products and services in T.um. People such as foreigners are able to experience the advanced Korean IT services here.
Also, a Starbucks equipped with advanced technologies was opened in T.um. In this Starbuccks, people are able to order their coffees using a touch screen of each table and pay with their mobile handsets.
The below is a video clip to show T.um. The background music of the below video clip is "SKT's corporate song."
Internet Cafe in Public Bus in Korea :: 2008/09/15 05:41
There are public buses which provide internet cafe using WiBro (Mobile WiMAX). KT started to provide ;WiBro Internet Cafe in Bus' service in Seoul. Several seats in a bus have devices equipped with touch-screen panel. Currently, it is free service for trial. People who want to enjoy internet or use a streaming music/video service are able to do those activities in a bus. Please refer to the below pictures for your understanding.


Mobile Mash-up Service, My Portal of SK Telecom :: 2008/08/02 16:34
SK Telecom released a new mobile service which is the first mobile mash-up service in Korea. My Portal service enables users to make their own mobile homepages with various such as opened news articles of Google and their own blog postings. For example, most of contents on web are made based on XML language and support RSS function which makes contents to be provided on various devices and applications. When users make a mobile home page using My Portal service, they can gather various contents from Internet.
I also made my mobile homepage using My Portal service. I could take my blog postings to the homepage using RSS function and post some news article of Naver (the most famous web portal in Korea) regarding mobile services. Because most of current web services provide provided Open API, people can make a mobile mash-up homepages using various contents from many web sites.
In the initial stage, some famous idol stars made their own mobile homepages on My Portal service and are attracting their fans to the pages. In addition, some companies can make their own mobile homepages for promotion of their products and companies. The below image shows mobile homepage of a famous korean star.

There are two methods for users to connect to My Portal service with their mobile handsets. The first one is to push only '479 + send button'. Users can connect to the initial page of My Portal service and see well categorized list of mobile homepages, including famous stars' homepages and ordinary people's. The second methos is to push 'phone numbers + # + send button'. If users know someone's phone number and want to connect to his or her mobile homepages, they only push the phone numbers in order to connect to the homepages.
SK Telecom started to promote the service through TV commercial. TV commercial emphasizes that users can make their own mobile homepages. If users want to use mobile internet service with their mobile handsets, they had to connect to the initial page which mobile operators provide. However, if users make their own mobile homepages using My Portal service, they can enjoy their own initial mobile services which include contents selected by each user. The below is the TV commercial for My Portal service.












