MS has opened a mobile software/services tech lab in South Korea. I think the Asian markets want to try all the new gadgets first and want to have the latest and greatest. Apparently this is why MS has opened a lab there, they want to capatalize on this and help vendors create bleeding edge applications for this market. Makes good business sense and hopefully this will give MS more market penetration for Pocket PCs and SmartPhones.
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