Why Txt? Lets Kakao Talk!

Android phones are selling like crazy in Korea! Along with the iPhone craze android phones put out in the market to compete with the iPhones are creating big excitement between 'gadget freaks'. Some 'gadget freaks' go as far as changing their phone once every two weeks to experiment with every phone possible. Mobile phones are a must have for people of any age from primary school children to the elderly. However, having a mobile phone can often cause problems. Although the bills are fairly cheap compared to New Zealand I have still experienced monthly bills up to about $200.

However, new applications such as Kakako is the ultimate solution to expensive bills！This completely free application allows android phone users to send instant messages to each other at no cost. For this reason more and more people are shifting to android phones sand business men are said to be also benefiting from such applications as they are able to have instant group meetings on the go. Korean search engines dedicate a small proportion of the page to Kakao Talk. This allows users to see the instant messages being posted up. Kakao Talk allows users to enjoy both public and private aspects of social networking. Although about two week ago users were extremely upset at personal information such as credit card details being released through Kakao talk the new contract tends to be attracting more and more users. Experts have stated that the popularity of Kakao Talk tends to show similar trends to the Cyworld boom the most popular social networking site in Korea which over 92% of teens use in Korea. The big question here now is if txting costs money and Kakao Talk doesn't why txt when Kakao Talk serves the exact same function?