iPad Comes To South Korea Finally

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South Korea’s KT launched Apple’s iPad on November 30

South Korea joined the iPad party on Tuesday, with familiar long queues for the tablet computer on launch day.  
One hundred selected customers who preordered the device lined up at a branch of mobile carrier KT Corp. in Seoul, waiting to get their hands on the gadget. As seems to be customary for Apple product launches around the world, the first of them arrived before dawn.
The tablet device, which is initially only being sold via KT, goes head-to-head with Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Tab, which was released a few weeks earlier.
Home-team loyalties didn’t seem to be too much of a concern for those eager to snap up the iPad.
“I am an iPhone user, so I am very familiar with the user interface of Apple’s devices and I like its big size,” said J.H. Son, one of the early adopters.
“The size of the Galaxy Tab is similar to a car navigation device and seems to be a bit too small for me to browse the web and watch movies,” he said.
SK Telecom is selling the 16 Gigabyte Galaxy Tab with Wi-Fi and 3G for KRW267,000 ($232) and a monthly rate of KRW55,000 under a two-year data plan contract and an unlimited data service.
Meanwhile, KT is retailing the 16GB iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G for KRW218,400 ($190) and a monthly payment of KRW46,750 for 4 gigabyte data service under a two-year contract.