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	<title>Technomad &#187; South Korea</title>
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		<title>iPhone 3G finally lands in South Korea</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/11/iphone-3g-finally-lands-in-south-korea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Seoul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
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South Koreans finally get their grubby little hands on Apple&#8217;s iPhone, after months of waiting and speculating the iPhone has had a fairly successful launch in The ROK.
I wonder if the fanfare will last though, I suppose someone has to localize it heavily such as CyWorld apps (Korean version of facebook) and have some sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPod Touch Google Maps app</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/09/ipod-touch-google-maps-app/</link>
		<comments>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/09/ipod-touch-google-maps-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Seoul]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google Maps in Korea]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technomad.batungbacal.com/?p=254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The iPod touch has a default application or app called Maps. I&#8217;ve always considered this application a novelty for us who live outside North America, Europe or even Australia as no street level data or maps were provided with it. Google by the way is the company that provides the data for this app and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone 3G / 3GS</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/06/iphone-3g-3gs/</link>
		<comments>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/06/iphone-3g-3gs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technomad.batungbacal.com/?p=248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Again yet another news tidbit about Apple&#8217;s iPhone surfaces on the Korea Times. According to the report the iPhone 3G has passed the Korean Communications Commission (KCC) testing and the device is certified for use in Korea. Normally mobile providers such as SKT or KTF apply for this but in this case Apple submitted the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No joy for foreign mobile phones</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/06/no-joy-for-foreign-mobile-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign mobile phones in South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone 3GS South Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
UPDATE : I wrote this article in 2009 and I am no longer living in Seoul, South Korea. Please check other sites for more current info regarding using a foreign 3G phone in the ROK.
You might be wondering why you&#8217;re looking at a pretty old Nokia E61. Well I&#8217;m not here to do a review on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lotte World Shooting Range</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/04/lotte-world-shooting-range/</link>
		<comments>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/04/lotte-world-shooting-range/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HK USP .45]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lotte World Shooting Range]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technomad.batungbacal.com/?p=224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been playing with replica guns for sometime now but I have never had the opportunity to fire a real gun up until yesterday. A work related errand found myself in Lotte World where I remembered my colleague telling me about a firing range. The abundant signage made it effortless to find the Lotte World [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia&#8217;s back!</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/04/nokias-back/</link>
		<comments>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/04/nokias-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nokia 6210 in South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia in South Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With WIPI abolished in South Korea, mobile phone maker Nokia is back albeit with a disappointing launch model.
A few weeks earlier the second largest mobile service provider KTF announced that it would soon be selling the Nokia 6210 (a.k.a. Navigator). This isn&#8217;t a new model by any standards and has been around for about two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye WIPI</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/01/goodbye-wipi/</link>
		<comments>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2009/01/goodbye-wipi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[WIPI]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technomad.batungbacal.com/?p=173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Korean Communications Commission (KCC) has finally decided to abolish WIPI (Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability) which was a requirement for data enabled mobile phones sold in Korea.
WIPI has prevented mobile phone giants such as Nokia and Sony Erricson from entering the Korean market. Starting April 1, 2009, this should open the floodgates for foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Maps Korea</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2008/12/google-maps-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2008/12/google-maps-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Navigation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technomad.batungbacal.com/?p=167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has recently announced that a localized version of Google Maps will be available in Korea soon. Previously Google maps has only showed satellite photos of Korea but turn-by-turn street directions, detailed street maps, business and residentials addresses were not available. For me this is significant news because it also might be a factor in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sound of jets and smell of jet fuel</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2008/10/the-sound-of-jets-and-smell-of-jet-fuel/</link>
		<comments>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2008/10/the-sound-of-jets-and-smell-of-jet-fuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noise Pollution Osan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osan Airbase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vibration Osan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technomad.batungbacal.com/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While walking through Songtan near OSAN AB I couldn&#8217;t help but notice and electronic billboard that first displayed noise. I had to do a double take as these kinds of signs normally showed the air quality, current weather conditions or pollution index. Not this one though. This billboard displayed the current Noise Pollution and also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airshow at Osan Airbase</title>
		<link>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2008/09/airshow-at-osan-airbase/</link>
		<comments>http://technomad.batungbacal.com/2008/09/airshow-at-osan-airbase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airpower Day 2008 hosted by the USAF 51st Fighter Wing and the ROK Armed Forces will be held at Osan Airbase, Republic of Korea on the 11-12 of October 2008.
Foreign nationals should bring their passports as part of the requirements for entry.
You can save yourself the trouble of trying to get in if you&#8217;re a [...]]]></description>
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